2 Thessalonians 1

1Paul and Sylvanus and Timothy, to the church of the Thessalonians. In God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ,

1Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, to the assembly of Thessalonians in God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ:

2Grace unto you: and peace from God our Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ.

2Grace to you, and peace, from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ!

3We are bound to give thanks always to God for you, brethren, as it is fitting, because your faith groweth exceedingly and the charity of every one of you towards each other aboundeth.

3We ought to give thanks to God always for you, brethren, as it is meet, because increase greatly doth your faith, and abound doth the love of each one of you all, to one another;

4So that we ourselves also glory in you in the churches of God, for your patience and faith, and in all your persecutions and tribulations: which you endure

4so that we ourselves do glory in you in the assemblies of God, for your endurance and faith in all your persecutions and tribulations that ye bear;

5For an example of the just judgment of God, that you may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which also you suffer.

5a token of the righteous judgment of God, for your being counted worthy of the reign of God, for which also ye suffer,

6Seeing it is a just thing with God to repay tribulation to them that trouble you:

6since <FI>it is<Fi> a righteous thing with God to give back to those troubling you--trouble,

7And to you who are troubled, rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with the angels of his power:

7and to you who are troubled--rest with us in the revelation of the Lord Jesus from heaven, with messengers of his power,

8In a flame of fire, giving vengeance to them who know not God and who obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ.

8in flaming fire, giving vengeance to those not knowing God, and to those not obeying the good news of our Lord Jesus Christ;

9Who shall suffer eternal punishment in destruction, from the face of the Lord and from the glory of his power:

9who shall suffer justice--destruction age-during--from the face of the Lord, and from the glory of his strength,

10When he shall come to be glorified in his saints and to be made wonderful in all them who have believed; because our testimony was believed upon you in that day.

10when He may come to be glorified in his saints, and to be wondered at in all those believing--because our testimony was believed among you--in that day;

11Wherefore also we pray always for you: That our God would make you worthy of his vocation and fulfil all the good pleasure of his goodness and the work of faith in power:

11for which also we do pray always for you, that our God may count you worthy of the calling, and may fulfil all the good pleasure of goodness, and the work of the faith in power,

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

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