1:1 Paul, and Silvanus, and Timothy, to the church of the
Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ:
1:2 Grace to you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord
Jesus Christ.
1:3 We are bound to thank God always for you, brethren, as it is
meet, because your faith groweth exceedingly, and the charity
of every one of you all towards each other aboundeth;
1:4 So that we ourselves glory in you in the churches of God,
for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and
tribulations that ye endure:
1:5 [Which is] a manifest token of the righteous judgment of
God, that ye may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for
which ye also suffer:
1:6 Seeing [it is] a righteous thing with God to recompense
tribulation to them that trouble you;
1:7 And to you who are troubled, rest with us, when the Lord
Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels,
1:8 In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God,
and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ:
1:9 Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the
presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power;
1:10 When he shall come to be glorified in his saints, and to be
admired by all them that believe (because our testimony among
you was believed) in that day.
1:11 Wherefore also we pray always for you, that our God would
count you worthy of [this] calling, and fulfill all the good
pleasure of [his] goodness, and the work of faith with power:
1:12 That the name of our Lord Jesus Christ may be glorified in
you, and ye in him, according to the grace of our God, and of
the Lord Jesus Christ.
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