40 lines
1.8 KiB
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40 lines
1.8 KiB
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## Greetings of Grace and Thanksgiving
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###### 1
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Paul and Silvanus and Timothy, To the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ:
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###### 2
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Grace to you and peace from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
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###### 3
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We ought always to give thanks to God for you, brothers, as is _only_ fitting, because your faith is growing abundantly, and the love of each one of you all toward one another increases _all the more_,
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###### 4
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so that we ourselves boast about you among the churches of God for your perseverance and faith in the midst of all your persecutions and afflictions which you endure.
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## God's Righteous Judgment
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###### 5
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_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.
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###### 6
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Since it is right for God to repay with affliction those who afflict you,
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and _to give_ rest to you who are afflicted and to us as well at the revelation of the Lord Jesus from heaven with His mighty angels in flaming fire,
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executing vengeance on those who do not know God and to those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.
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###### 9
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These will pay the penalty of eternal destruction, away from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of His might,
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###### 10
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when He comes to be glorified in His saints on that day, and to be marveled at among all who have believed--for our witness to you was believed.
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To this end also we pray for you always, that our God will count you worthy of your calling, and fulfill all _your_ good pleasure for goodness and the work of faith with power,
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###### 12
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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.
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