2 Thessalonians 1:2-5

2Grace to you, and peace from 1God our Father, and [the] Lord Jesus Christ.

3We ought to thank 2God always for you, brethren, even as it is meet, because your faith increases exceedingly, and the love of each one of you all towards one another abounds;

4so that we ourselves make our boast in you in the assemblies of 3God for your endurance and faith in all your persecutions and tribulations, which ye are sustaining;

5a manifest token of the righteous judgment of 4God, to the end that ye should be counted worthy of the kingdom of 5God, for the sake of which ye also suffer;