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2 Thessalonians 1 :: New International Version (NIV)

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Unchecked Copy Box2Th 1:1 - Paul, Silas[fn] and Timothy, To the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ:

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Unchecked Copy Box2Th 1:2 - Grace and peace to you from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Th 1:3 - We ought always to thank God for you, brothers and sisters,[fn] and rightly so, because your faith is growing more and more, and the love all of you have for one another is increasing.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Th 1:4 - Therefore, among God’s churches we boast about your perseverance and faith in all the persecutions and trials you are enduring.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Th 1:5 - All this is evidence that God’s judgment is right, and as a result you will be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which you are suffering.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Th 1:6 - God is just: He will pay back trouble to those who trouble you

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Unchecked Copy Box2Th 1:7 - and give relief to you who are troubled, and to us as well. This will happen when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven in blazing fire with his powerful angels.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Th 1:8 - He will punish those who do not know God and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Th 1:9 - They will be punished with everlasting destruction and shut out from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his might

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Unchecked Copy Box2Th 1:10 - on the day he comes to be glorified in his holy people and to be marveled at among all those who have believed. This includes you, because you believed our testimony to you.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Th 1:11 - With this in mind, we constantly pray for you, that our God may make you worthy of his calling, and that by his power he may bring to fruition your every desire for goodness and your every deed prompted by faith.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Th 1:12 - We pray this so that the name of our Lord Jesus may be glorified in you, and you in him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.[fn]
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NIV Footnotes
Greek Silvanus, a variant of Silas
The Greek word for brothers and sisters (adelphoi) refers here to believers, both men and women, as part of God’s family; also in 2:1, 13, 15; 3:1, 6, 13.
Or God and Lord, Jesus Christ
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2 Thessalonians Chapter 1 — Additional Translations:

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