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Giving Thanks for Faith and Perseverance

^1 (C1)Paul, ^(C2)Silvanus, and ^(C3)Timothy, To the ^(C4)church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ:^2 (C1)Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

³ We ought always ^(C1)to give thanks to God for you, ^(C2)brothers and sisters, as is only fitting, because your faith is increasing abundantly, and the ^(C3)love of each and every one of you toward one another grows ever greater.⁴ As a result, we ourselves ^(C1)speak proudly of you among ^(C2)the churches of God for your ^(F1)perseverance and faith ^(F2)(C2)in the midst of all your persecutions and afflictions which you endure.⁵ This is ^(F1)a ^(C1)plain indication of God's righteous judgment so that you will be ^(C2)considered worthy of the kingdom of God, for which you indeed are suffering.^6 (F1)For after all ^(C1)it is only right ^(F2)for God to repay with affliction those who afflict you,⁷ and to give relief to you who are afflicted, along with us, ^(F1)(C1)when the Lord Jesus will be revealed ^(C2)from heaven ^(C3)with ^(F2)His mighty angels^8 (C1)in flaming fire, dealing out retribution to those who ^(C2)do not know God, and to those who ^(C3)do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.⁹ These people will pay the penalty of ^(C1)eternal destruction, ^(C2)away from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of His power,¹⁰ when He comes to be ^(C1)glorified among His ^(F1)saints on that ^(C2)day, and to be marveled at among all who have believed—because our ^(C3)testimony to you was believed.¹¹ To this end also we ^(C1)pray for you always, that our God will ^(C2)consider you worthy of your ^(C3)calling, and fulfill every desire for ^(C4)goodness and the ^(C5)work of faith with power,¹² so that the ^(C1)name of our Lord Jesus will be glorified in you, and you in Him, in accordance with the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.