1 Paul,
and Silvanus, and Timotheus, unto the church of the Thessalonians in God
our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: 2 Grace
unto you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. 3 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; 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: 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: 6 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, 8 In flaming
fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel
of our Lord Jesus Christ: 9 Who
shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the
Lord, and from the glory of his power; 10 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. 11 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: 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 the Lord Jesus Christ.