Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

We Thank God For Your Faith And Love, And Boast of Your Endurance Amidst Afflictions

³ We ought to be giving-thanks to God always for you, brothers, just as it is fitting, because your faith is growing-abundantly and the love of each one of you all toward one another is increasing, ⁴ so that we ourselves are boasting in you among the churches of God with reference to your endurance and faith in all your persecutions and afflictions which you are bearing-with—

These Are Evidence of God’s Righteous Judgment Concerning You And Those Afflicting You

⁵ ... which is evidence^[a] of the righteous judgment of ^[b] God that you will be^[c] considered-worthy of the kingdom of God for the sake of which you also^[d] are suffering, ⁶ since it will be a righteous thing with^[e] God to repay^[f] affliction to the ones afflicting you ⁷ and to give you, the ones being afflicted, rest^[g] along with us at the revelation of the Lord Jesus from heaven with angels of ^[h] His power ⁸ in flaming fire, giving^[i] punishment^[j] to the ones not knowing God and^[k] the ones not obeying the good-news of our Lord Jesus— ⁹ who will pay the penalty: eternal destruction from^[l] the presence of the Lord and from the glory of ^[m] His strength, ¹⁰ when He comes to be glorified in^[n] His saints and marveled-at ^[o] among^[p] all the ones having believed— because^[q] our testimony to you was believed— on that day,

We Pray For God To Fulfill Your Every Desire To Express Your Goodness And Faith

¹¹ ... for which^[r] also^[s] we are praying always for you in order that our God may consider you worthy of the calling, and may fulfill every desire^[t] of goodness^[u] and work of ^[v] faith with [His] power, ¹² so that the name of our Lord Jesus may be glorified in you and you in Him, according-to^[w] the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.