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2 Thessalonians 1:2-4
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2 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

Thanksgiving

3 (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. 4 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.

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  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
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2 Thessalonians 1:2-4
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2 Grace to you and peace from God the Father[a] and the Lord Jesus Christ.

Thanksgiving for the Thessalonian Believers

3 We ought to give thanks to God always concerning you, brothers, just as it is fitting, because your faith is flourishing and the love of each one of you all toward one another is increasing 4 so that we ourselves boast in you in the churches of God about your patient endurance and faith in all your persecutions and the afflictions that you are enduring,

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  1. 2 Thessalonians 1:2 Some manuscripts have “God our Father”
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2 Солуњанима 1:2-4
New Serbian Translation

2 Милост вам и мир од Бога Оца и Господа Исуса Христа.

Захваљивање и молитва

3 Дужни смо, браћо, да увек захваљујемо за вас, што је и право, јер ваша вера буја, а ваша се међусобна љубав увећава. 4 Ми сами се, по црквама Божијим, поносимо вама због ваше стрпљивости и вере коју сте показали у прогонствима и невољама које подносите.

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2 Thessalonians 1:2-4
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2 Grace and peace to you from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.(A)

Thanksgiving and Prayer

3 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) 4 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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  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.
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