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Grace and peace to you from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

We thank God for you always. And that’s what we should do, because you give us good reason to be thankful: Your faith is growing more and more. And the love that every one of you has for each other is also growing. So we tell the other churches of God how proud we are of you. We tell them how you patiently continue to be strong and have faith, even though you are being persecuted and are suffering many troubles.

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Grace and peace to you from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.(A)

Thanksgiving and Prayer

We ought always to thank God for you,(B) brothers and sisters,[a] and rightly so, because your faith is growing more and more, and the love all of you have for one another is increasing.(C) Therefore, among God’s churches we boast(D) about your perseverance and faith(E) in all the persecutions and trials you are enduring.(F)

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Thessalonians 1:3 The Greek word for brothers and sisters (adelphoi) refers here to believers, both men and women, as part of God’s family; also in 2:1, 13, 15; 3:1, 6, 13.