Thanksgiving

(A)We ought always to give thanks to God for you, brothers,[a] as is right, because your faith is growing abundantly, and the love of every one of you for one another is increasing. Therefore (B)we ourselves boast about you (C)in the churches of God for your steadfastness and faith (D)in all your persecutions and in the afflictions that you are enduring.

The Judgment at Christ's Coming

This is (E)evidence of the righteous judgment of God, that you may be (F)considered worthy of the kingdom of God, for which you are also suffering— since indeed God considers it (G)just (H)to repay with affliction those who afflict you, and to grant (I)relief to you who are afflicted as well as to us, when (J)the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven (K)with his mighty angels (L)in flaming fire, inflicting vengeance on those (M)who do not know God and on those who (N)do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Thessalonians 1:3 Or brothers and sisters. In New Testament usage, depending on the context, the plural Greek word adelphoi (translated “brothers”) may refer either to brothers or to brothers and sisters

Thanksgiving and Prayer

We ought always to thank God for you,(A) 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.(B) Therefore, among God’s churches we boast(C) about your perseverance and faith(D) in all the persecutions and trials you are enduring.(E)

All this is evidence(F) that God’s judgment is right, and as a result you will be counted worthy(G) of the kingdom of God, for which you are suffering. God is just:(H) He will pay back trouble to those who trouble you(I) and give relief to you who are troubled, and to us as well. This will happen when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven(J) in blazing fire(K) with his powerful angels.(L) He will punish(M) those who do not know God(N) and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.(O)

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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.