2 Thessalonians 1 - Amplified Bible(AMP)

Thanksgiving for Faith and Perseverance

1Paul, Silvanus (Silas), and Timothy,

To the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ:

2Grace to you and peace from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

3We ought always and indeed are morally obligated to give thanks to God for you, brothers and sisters, as is fitting, because your faith is growing ever greater, and the love of each one of you toward one another is continually increasing.

4Therefore, we speak of you with pride among the churches of God for your steadfastness and your firm faith in the midst of all the persecution and distress which you endure.

5This is a positive proof of the righteous judgment of God, so that you will be considered worthy of His kingdom, for which indeed you are suffering.

6For after all it is only just for God to repay with distress those who distress you,

7and to give relief to you who are so distressed and to us as well when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with His mighty angels in a flame of fire,

8dealing out vengeance to those who do not know God and to those who ignore and refuse to obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.

9These people will pay the penalty and endure the punishment of everlasting destruction, banished from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of His power,

10when He comes to be glorified in His saints on that day, and to be marveled at among all who have believed, because our testimony to you was believed and trusted.

11With this in view, we constantly pray for you, that our God will count you worthy of your calling and with power fulfill every desire for goodness, and complete every work of faith,

12so that the name of our Lord Jesus will be glorified in you, and you in Him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.