2Thessalonians:1

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* Paul , Silvanus , and Timothy to the people of the congregation in Thessalonica , who belong to God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ : * May God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ give you grace and peace . * Our friends , we should thank God at all times for you . It is right for us to do so , because your faith is growing so much and the love each of you has for the other abounds toward each other . * That is why we boast about you in the congregations of God . We boast about the way you continue to endure and believe through all the persecutions and sufferings you experience . * All of this proves that God ’s judgment is just , and as a result , you will become worthy of his Kingdom , for which you are suffering . * It is a righteous thing for God to repay with affliction those who afflict you . * You who are afflicted rest with us at the revelation of the Lord Jesus from heaven with the angels of his power in flaming fire . * They will render vengeance to those who do not know God , and to those who do not obey the good news of our Lord Jesus . * They will suffer punishment , even eternal destruction from the Lord and from the glory of his might . * He will then come to be glorified in his holy ones , and to be marveled at by all those who believed , because our testimony to you was believed . * We pray always for you , that our God may count you worthy of your calling , and fulfill every desire of goodness and every work of faith with power . * May the name of our Lord Jesus be glorified in you , and you in him , according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ .

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