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¹ From[fn] Paul, Silvanus,[fn] and Timothy, to the church of the Thessalonians in union with God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.[xr] ² May grace and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ be yours![xr] ³ At all times we are obligated to thank God for you, brothers. It is right to do this[fn] because your faith is growing all the time and the love of every one of you for each other is increasing.[xr] ⁴ As a result, we boast about you among God's churches - about your endurance and faith through all the persecutions and afflictions you are experiencing.[xr]

⁵ This is evidence of God's righteous judgment and is intended to make you worthy of God's kingdom, for which you are suffering.[xr] ⁶ Certainly it is right for God to pay back those who afflict you with affliction[xr] ⁷ and to give us who are afflicted relief when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with his mighty angels[xr] ⁸ in blazing fire. He will take revenge on those who do not know God and on those who refuse to obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.[xr] ⁹ Such people will suffer the punishment of eternal destruction by being separated from the Lord's presence and from his glorious power[xr] ¹⁰ when he comes to be glorified by his saints and to be regarded with wonder on that day by all who have believed - including you, because you believed our testimony.[xr]

¹¹ With this in mind, we always pray for you, asking[fn] that our God might make you worthy of his calling and that through his power he might help you accomplish every good desire and faithful work.[xr] ¹² That way the name of our Lord Jesus will be glorified by you, and you by him, according to the grace of our God and Lord, Jesus Christ.[xr]