2 Thessalonians 1:3-12

Christian Standard Bible

God’s Judgment and Glory

³ We ought to thank God always for you, brothers and sisters, and rightly so, since your faith is flourishing and the love^(A) each one of you has for one another^(B) is increasing.^{(C) 4} Therefore, we ourselves boast^(D) about you among God’s churches—about your perseverance and faith in all the persecutions and afflictions that you are enduring. ⁵ It is clear evidence of God’s righteous^(E) judgment^(F) that you will be counted worthy of God’s kingdom, for which you also are suffering,^{(G) 6} since it is just for God to repay with affliction those who afflict you ⁷ and to give relief to you who are afflicted, along with us. This will take place at the revelation of the Lord Jesus from heaven with his powerful angels, ⁸ when he takes vengeance with flaming fire^(H) on those who don’t know God^(I) and on those who don’t obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.^{(J) 9} They will pay the penalty of eternal destruction^(K) from the Lord’s presence^(L) and from his glorious strength^{(M) 10} on that day when he comes^(N) to be glorified^(O) by his saints^(P) and to be marveled at by all those who have believed, because our testimony among you was believed. ¹¹ In view of this, we always pray for you that our God will make you worthy of his calling,^(Q) and by his power fulfill your every desire to do good^[a] and your work produced by faith,^{(R) 12} so that the name^(S) of our Lord Jesus will be glorified^(T) by you, and you by him,^(U) according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.