2 Thessalonians 1
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Paul, and Silva'nus, and Timothy,
Unto the church of the Thessalo'ni-ans Acts 17.1 in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ:
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Grace unto you, and peace, from God our
Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
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Judgment at Christ's
Coming |
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We are bound to thank God always for
you, brethren, as it is meet, because that your faith groweth
exceedingly, and the charity of every one of you all toward each
other aboundeth;
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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:
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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:
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seeing it is a righteous thing
with God to recompense tribulation to them that trouble
you;
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and to you who are troubled rest with us,
when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty
angels,
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in flaming fire taking vengeance on them
that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus
Christ:
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who shall be punished with everlasting
destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his
power;
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when he shall come to be glorified in his
saints, and to be admired in all them that believe (because our
testimony among you was believed) in that day.
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Wherefore also we pray always for you,
that our God would count you worthy of this calling, and
fulfil all the good pleasure of his goodness, and the work of
faith with power:
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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 the Lord Jesus Christ.
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