Greetings of Grace and Thanksgiving

1 ^(A)Paul and ^(B)Silvanus and ^(C)Timothy,

To the ^(D)church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: ^2 (E)Grace to you and peace from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

³ We ought always ^(F)to give thanks to God for you, ^(G)brothers, as is only fitting, because your faith is growing abundantly, and the ^(H)love of each one of you all toward one another increases all the more, ⁴ so that we ourselves ^(I)boast about you among ^(J)the churches of God for your ^[a]perseverance and faith ^(K)in the midst of all your persecutions and afflictions which you endure.

God’s Righteous Judgment

⁵ This is a ^(L)plain indication of God’s righteous judgment so that you will be ^(M)considered worthy of the kingdom of God, for which indeed you are suffering. ^6 [b]Since ^(N)it is right ^[c]for God to repay with affliction those who afflict you, ⁷ and to give rest to you who are afflicted ^[d]and to us as well ^(O)at the revelation of the Lord Jesus ^(P)from heaven ^(Q)with ^[e]His mighty angels ^(R)in flaming fire, ⁸ executing vengeance on those who ^(S)do not know God and to those who ^(T)do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus. ⁹ These will pay the penalty of ^(U)eternal destruction, ^(V)away from the presence of the ^[f]Lord and from the glory of His might, ¹⁰ when He comes to be ^(W)glorified ^[g]in His ^[h]saints on that ^(X)day, and to be marveled at among all who have believed—for our ^(Y)witness to you was believed. ¹¹ To this end also we ^(Z)pray for you always, that our God will ^[i](AA)count you worthy of your ^(AB)calling, and fulfill all your ^(AC)good pleasure for ^(AD)goodness and the ^(AE)work of faith with power, ¹² so that the ^(AF)name of our Lord Jesus will be glorified in you, and you in Him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.