2 Thessalonians 1
New Catholic Bible
Salutation[a]
Chapter 1
Address and Greeting. 1 Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy to the Church of Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: 2 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Perseverance in Faith[b]
A Word of Praise. Brethren, we must always give thanks to God for you, and it is only right that we do so. For your faith grows ever more, and the love that all of you have for one another continues to increase. 4 Therefore, we boast incessantly of you to the Churches of God for your steadfastness and faith despite all the persecutions and tribulations that you have had to endure.Judgment and the Coming of the Lord. 5 All this is proof of God’s just judgment, and it shows that you are worthy of the kingdom of God, for the sake of which you are suffering. 6 It is only just that God will repay with suffering those who make you suffer 7 and grant relief to you who are suffering, and to us as well. This will take place when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with his mighty angels.
8 He will come in blazing fire to inflict punishment on those who do not know God and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus. 9 They will suffer the penalty of eternal destruction, excluded from the presence of the Lord and from the majesty of his power 10 on that Day when he comes to be glorified by his holy ones and to be adored by all believers, among whom you will be present since you believed the testimony we offered to you.
11 Prayer for the Community. Therefore, we always pray for you, asking that our God will make you worthy of his call and by his power bring to fulfillment every good resolve and every work of faith. 12 In this way, the name of our Lord Jesus may be glorified in you, and you in him, according to the grace of our God and Lord Jesus Christ.[c]
Footnotes
- 2 Thessalonians 1:1 The salutation is identical to that of First Thessalonians (1:1) except for two additions: (1) God is called “our” Father (v. 1), the Father of Christians—his Fatherhood of Jesus is expressed in other Letters (e.g., 2 Cor 1:3; Eph 1:3; 1 Pet 1:3). (2) The phrase “from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ” is added to v. 2 to identify the sources of “grace and peace.” Paul regards Jesus as the Deity in the fullest sense since he names him on a par with the Father as coauthor of the favor and the relationship promised in the blessing.
- 2 Thessalonians 1:3 Paul thanks God for the progress made by his valiant community in their faith, love, courage, and good name. All this will be manifested and judged at the Lord’s Coming, which Paul describes once more by utilizing the dramatic scenario current among the Jews of his day. Woe to those who oppose God, for they will be immediately distanced from the Lord. But what glory there will be for those who believe!
3
The concept of revelation, or apocalypse, that emerges in this passage represents an essential idea of the Old and New Testaments: our religion is, above all else, something that precedes and transcends time. In history God is constantly manifesting himself as the Savior of humanity. To illustrate it, one can have recourse to the grand imaginative visions of the judgments set forth in Isa 24–27; Dan 7–12; Mt 24–25; Mk 13; and Lk 17:22-37; 19:11-27; see also introduction to the Book of Revelation. - 2 Thessalonians 1:12 The grace of our God and Lord Jesus Christ: another translation possible is: “The grace of our God and of the Lord Jesus Christ.”
2 Thessalonians 1
Mounce Reverse Interlinear New Testament
1 Paul Paulos, · kai Silvanus Silouanos, and kai Timothy Timotheos, to the ho church ekklēsia of the Thessalonians Thessalonikeus in en God theos our hēmeis Father patēr and kai the Lord kyrios Jesus Iēsous Christ Christos: 2 Grace charis to you hymeis and kai peace eirēnē from apo God theos our hēmeis Father patēr and kai the Lord kyrios Jesus Iēsous Christ Christos.
3 We ought opheilō always pantote to thank eucharisteō · ho God theos for peri you hymeis, brothers adelphos, as kathōs is eimi fitting axios, because hoti your hymeis faith pistis is growing abundantly hyperauxanō, · ho and kai the ho love agapē of each hekastos one heis of you hymeis for eis one another allēlōn is increasing pleonazō, 4 so that hōste we hēmeis ourselves autos boast enkauchaomai about en you hymeis in en the ho churches ekklēsia of ho God theos for hyper · ho your hymeis patience hypomonē and kai faith pistis in en all pas the ho persecutions diōgmos and kai · ho afflictions thlipsis that hos you are enduring anechōmai.
5 This is evidence endeigma of the ho righteous dikaios judgment krisis of ho God theos, and results in eis your hymeis being considered worthy kataxioō of the ho kingdom basileia of ho God theos, for hyper which hos you are indeed kai suffering paschō. 6 For eiper it is a righteous thing dikaios for para God theos to repay antapodidōmi with affliction thlipsis those ho who afflict thlibō you hymeis, 7 and kai to give relief anesis to you hymeis who ho are afflicted thlibō, and to meta us hēmeis as well, when en · ho the ho Lord kyrios Jesus Iēsous is revealed apokalypsis from apo heaven ouranos with meta his autos mighty dynamis angels angelos 8 in en flaming phlox fire pyr, inflicting didōmi punishment ekdikēsis on those ho who do not mē know oida God theos, and kai who ho do not mē obey hypakouō the ho gospel euangelion of ho our hēmeis Lord kyrios Jesus Iēsous. 9 They hostis will experience tinō the punishment dikē of eternal aiōnios destruction olethros, away from apo the presence prosōpon of the ho Lord kyrios and kai from apo the ho glory doxa of ho his autos power ischus 10 on en that ekeinos day hēmera when hotan he comes erchomai to be glorified endoxazomai in en · ho his autos saints hagios, and kai to be marveled thaumazō at by en all pas who ho have believed pisteuō, because hoti our hēmeis testimony martyrion to epi you hymeis was believed pisteuō. · ho · ho
11 With kai this hos in view eis we pray proseuchomai for peri you hymeis constantly pantote, that hina our hēmeis God theos will count you hymeis worthy axioō of ho his calling klēsis, · ho and kai by en his power dynamis bring to fulfillment plēroō every pas good eudokia resolve agathōsynē and kai work ergon of faith pistis, 12 so that hopōs the ho name onoma of ho our hēmeis Lord kyrios Jesus Iēsous may be glorified endoxazomai in en you hymeis, and kai you hymeis in en him autos, according to kata the ho grace charis of ho our hēmeis God theos and kai the Lord kyrios Jesus Iēsous Christ Christos.
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