2 Thessalonians 1
New
American Standard Bible (NASB)
Thanksgiving
for Faith and Perseverance
1
Paul and Silvanus and Timothy,
To
the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: 2
Grace to you and peace from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
3
We ought always to give thanks to God for you, brethren, as is only fitting,
because your faith is greatly enlarged, and the love of each one of you toward
one another grows ever greater; 4 therefore, we ourselves speak proudly of you
among the churches of God for your [a]perseverance and faith in the midst of
all your persecutions and afflictions which you endure.
5 This is a plain indication of God’s
righteous judgment so that you will be considered worthy of the kingdom of God,
for which indeed you are suffering. 6 [b]For after all it is only just [c]for
God to repay with affliction those who afflict you, 7 and to give relief to you
who are afflicted [d]and to us as well [e]when the Lord Jesus will be revealed
from heaven with [f]His mighty angels in flaming fire,
8 dealing out retribution to those who do not
know God and to those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus. 9 These
will pay the penalty of eternal destruction, away from the presence of the Lord
and from the glory of His power,
10 when He comes to be glorified [g]in His
[h]saints on that day, and to be marveled at among all who have believed—for
our testimony to you was believed. 11 To this end also we pray for you always,
that our God will [i]count you worthy of your calling, and fulfill every desire
for goodness and the work of faith with power, 12 so that the name of our Lord
Jesus will be glorified in you, and you in Him, according to the grace of our
God and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Footnotes:
2
Thessalonians 1:4 Or steadfastness
2
Thessalonians 1:6 Lit If indeed
2
Thessalonians 1:6 Or in the sight of
2
Thessalonians 1:7 Lit along with us
2
Thessalonians 1:7 Lit at the revelation of the Lord Jesus
2
Thessalonians 1:7 Lit the angels of His power
2
Thessalonians 1:10 Or in the persons of
2
Thessalonians 1:10 Or holy ones
2
Thessalonians 1:11 Or make
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Thessalonians 1
V 1–2: THESSALONIANS Paul, along with Sylvanus and Timothy, again
writes to the church of the Thessalonians. He uses an identical greeting to the
one in the first letter
. V 3: THANKSGIVING Paul
again thanks God for them because of their growing faith and love which abounds
towards each person in the church.
V 4–7: TRIBULATIONS The growth of their faith and love is in the
context of the tribulations that they are enduring along with persecution. This
is producing patience in them that causes Paul to hold them up as an example to
other churches, and he reminds them that God will repay those who are troubling
them at Christ’s second coming.
V 8–10: THEN This
takes Paul on to his focus on the second coming of the Lord Jesus Christ. This
will be a day of vengeance for those who do not obey His gospel and who will be
punished with ‘everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord’. ‘On that
day’, He will come to be ‘glorified in His saints’.
V 11–12: THEREFORE This
causes Paul and his party to pray for the Thessalonian church, that they will
glorify God and the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, and receive divine grace.
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