[0] Therefore comfort one another with these words. [1] Paul, Silva'nus,
and Timothy, To the church of the Thessalo'nians in God our Father and the
Lord Jesus Christ: [2] Grace to you and peace from God the Father and the
Lord Jesus Christ. [3] We are bound to give thanks to God always for you,
brethren, as is fitting, because your faith is growing abundantly, and the
love of every one of you for one another is increasing. [4] Therefore we
ourselves boast of you in the churches of God for your steadfastness and
faith in all your persecutions and in the afflictions which you are
enduring. [5] This is evidence of the righteous judgment of God, that you
may be made worthy of the kingdom of God, for which you are suffering-- [6]
since indeed God deems it just to repay with affliction those who afflict
you, [7] and to grant rest with us to you who are afflicted, when the Lord
Jesus is revealed from heaven with his mighty angels in flaming fire, [8]
inflicting vengeance upon those who do not know God and upon those who do
not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus. [9] They shall suffer the punishment
of eternal destruction and exclusion from the presence of the Lord and from
the glory of his might, [10] when he comes on that day to be glorified in
his saints, and to be marveled at in all who have believed, because our
testimony to you was believed. [11] To this end we always pray for you,
that our God may make you worthy of his call, and may fulfil every good
resolve and work of faith by his power, [12] 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.
