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Paul, Silas and Timothy, To the church of the Thessalonians
in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ:
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Grace and peace to you from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Thanksgiving and Prayer
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We ought always to thank God for you, brothers, and rightly so,
because your faith is growing more and more, and the love
every one of you has for each other is increasing.
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Therefore, among God's churches we boast about your
perseverance and faith in all the persecution and trials you are enduring.
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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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God is just: He will pay back trouble to those who trouble you
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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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He will punish those who do not know God and
do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.
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They will be punished with everlasting destruction and shut out
from the presence of the Lord and from the majesty of his power
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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,
becasue you believed our testimony to you.
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With this in mind, we constantly pray for you, that our God may count you
worthy of his calling, and that by his power he may fulfill every
good purpose of yours and every act prompted by your faith.
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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.
