Thanksgiving for Their Growth

1 PAUL, and Silvanus, and Timothy, to the church of 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 to thank: God always for you, brethren, even as it is meet, because your: faith groweth exceedingly, and the love of each of you all toward one another aboundeth;

4 so that we ourselves glory in you in the churches of: God for your: patience and faith in all your: persecutions and the afflictions which ye endure:

Encouragement in Their Persecution

5 a manifestation of the righteous judgment of: God; that ye be counted worthy of the kingdom of: God, for which ye also suffer:

6 if so that it is righteous with God to recompense affliction to those afflicting you,

7 and to you that are afflicted rest with us, at the revelation of the Lord Jesus from heaven with angels of his power in flaming fire,

8 rendering vengeance to them that know not God, and to them that obey not the gospel of our: Lord Jesus:

9 who shall suffer punishment, eternal destruction from the Lord’s face and from the glory of his: might,

10 when he shall come to be glorified in his: saints, and to be marvelled at in all that believed (because our: testimony unto you was believed) in that: day.

Prayer for God's Blessing

11 To which end also we pray always for you, that our: God count you worthy of the calling, and fulfill every good pleasure of goodness and work of faith, with power;

12 that the name of our: Lord Jesus be glorified in you, and ye in him, according to the grace of our: God and the Lord Jesus Christ.