2 Thessalonians 1

1 ¹Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy, to the Thessalonians' church in our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: ²Grace to you and peace from our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

Thankful for Your Growing Faith

³We must always thank our Father for you, brothers and sisters — rightly so — because your faith is growing more and more, and each of you grows more in love for one another. ⁴So we ourselves boast about you among the churches of our Father, for your perseverance and faith in all the persecutions and sufferings you endure.

⁵This is proof of our Father's just judgment, that you're counted worthy of our Father's kingdom, for which you also suffer. ⁶Since our Father is just, he will repay trouble to those who trouble you, ⁷and to give relief to you who suffer, along with us, when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with his powerful angels, ⁸in blazing fire, bringing justice on those who don't know our Father, and on those who don't obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus. ⁹They will pay the penalty of eternal ruin, away from the Lord's presence and his glorious power, ¹⁰on that day, when he comes to be glorified in his holy ones and admired among all who believed — for our testimony to you was believed.

¹¹To this end we always pray for you, that our Father may count you worthy of his calling, and fulfill by his power every desire for good and work of faith, ¹²so our Lord Jesus' name is glorified in you, and you in him, by the grace of our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.