The In-Dept Study of the Bible
Thessalonians 01
1 Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy, to the assembly
of the Thessalonians in God our
Father and the Lord Jesus Christ:
2 Grace to you and peace from God our
Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
3 We are bound to always give thanks
to God for you, brothers,† even as it is
appropriate, because your faith grows
exceedingly, and the love of each and every
one of you toward one another abounds,
4 so that we ourselves boast about you in
the assemblies of God for your perseverance
and faith in all your persecutions and
in the afflictions which you endure.
5 This is an obvious sign of the righteous
judgment of God, to the end that you may
be counted worthy of God’s Kingdom, for
which you also suffer.
6 For it is a righteous thing with God to
repay affliction to those who afflict you,
7 and to give relief to you who are
afflicted with us when the Lord Jesus
is revealedfromheaven withhismighty angels
in flaming fire,
8 punishing those who don’t know God,
and to those who don’t obey the Good
News of our Lord Jesus,
9 who will pay the penalty: eternal
destruction from the face of the Lord and
from the glory of his might,
10 when he comes in that day to be
glorified in his saints and to be admired among
all those who have believed, because our
testimony to you was believed.
11 To this end we also pray always for you
that our Godmay count you worthy of your
calling, and fulfill every desire of goodness
and work of faith with power,
12 that the name of our Lord Jesus‡ may
be glorified in you, and you in him,
according to the grace of our God
and the Lord Jesus Christ.