New American Standard Bible 2020

2 Thessalonians 1:3-12

3We ought always 1to give thanks to God for you, 2brothers and sisters, as is only fitting, because your faith is increasing abundantly, and the 3love of each and every one of you toward one another grows ever greater.

4As a result, we ourselves 4speak proudly of you among 5the churches of God for your 6perseverance and faith 7 8in the midst of all your persecutions and afflictions which you endure.

5This is 9a 10plain indication of God’s righteous judgment so that you will be 11considered worthy of the kingdom of God, for which you indeed are suffering.

6 12For after all 13it is only right 14for God to repay with affliction those who afflict you,

7and to give relief to you who are afflicted, along with us, 15 16when the Lord Jesus will be revealed 17from heaven 18with 19His mighty angels

8 20in flaming fire, dealing out retribution to those who 21do not know God, and to those who 22do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.

9These people will pay the penalty of 23eternal destruction, 24away from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of His power,

10when He comes to be 25glorified among His 26saints on that 27day, and to be marveled at among all who have believed--because our 28testimony to you was believed.

11To this end also we 29pray for you always, that our God will 30consider you worthy of your 31calling, and fulfill every desire for 32goodness and the 33work of faith with power,

12so that the 34name 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.

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Notes

1. 2 Thessalonians 1:3 Rom 1:8; Eph 5:20; 1 Thess 1:2; 2 Thess 2:13 ↩
2. 2 Thessalonians 1:3 1 Thess 4:1; 2 Thess 2:1 ↩
3. 2 Thessalonians 1:3 1 Thess 3:12 ↩
4. 2 Thessalonians 1:4 2 Cor 7:4; 1 Thess 2:19 ↩
5. 2 Thessalonians 1:4 1 Cor 7:17; 1 Thess 2:14 ↩
6. 2 Thessalonians 1:4 Or steadfastness ↩
7. 2 Thessalonians 1:4 Or during all ↩
8. 2 Thessalonians 1:4 1 Cor 7:17; 1 Thess 2:14 ↩
9. 2 Thessalonians 1:5 Or proof of ↩
10. 2 Thessalonians 1:5 Phil 1:28 ↩
11. 2 Thessalonians 1:5 Luke 20:35; 2 Thess 1:11 ↩
12. 2 Thessalonians 1:6 Lit If indeed ↩
13. 2 Thessalonians 1:6 Ex 23:22; Col 3:25; Heb 6:10 ↩
14. 2 Thessalonians 1:6 Or in the sight of ↩
15. 2 Thessalonians 1:7 Lit at the revelation of the Lord Jesus ↩
16. 2 Thessalonians 1:7 Luke 17:30 ↩
17. 2 Thessalonians 1:7 1 Thess 4:16 ↩
18. 2 Thessalonians 1:7 Jude 14 ↩
19. 2 Thessalonians 1:7 Lit the angels of His power ↩
20. 2 Thessalonians 1:8 Ex 3:2; 19:18; Is 66:15; Ezek 1:13; Dan 7:9; Matt 25:41; 1 Cor 3:13; Heb 10:27; 12:29; 2 Pet 3:7; Jude 7; Rev 14:10 ↩
21. 2 Thessalonians 1:8 Gal 4:8 ↩
22. 2 Thessalonians 1:8 Rom 2:8 ↩
23. 2 Thessalonians 1:9 Phil 3:19; 1 Thess 5:3 ↩
24. 2 Thessalonians 1:9 Is 2:10, 19, 21; 2 Thess 2:8 ↩
25. 2 Thessalonians 1:10 Is 49:3; John 17:10; 1 Thess 2:12 ↩
26. 2 Thessalonians 1:10 Lit holy ones; i.e., God’s people ↩
27. 2 Thessalonians 1:10 Is 2:11ff; 1 Cor 3:13 ↩
28. 2 Thessalonians 1:10 1 Cor 1:6; 1 Thess 2:1 ↩
29. 2 Thessalonians 1:11 Col 1:9 ↩
30. 2 Thessalonians 1:11 2 Thess 1:5 ↩
31. 2 Thessalonians 1:11 Rom 11:29 ↩
32. 2 Thessalonians 1:11 Rom 15:14 ↩
33. 2 Thessalonians 1:11 1 Thess 1:3 ↩
34. 2 Thessalonians 1:12 Is 24:15; 66:5; Mal 1:11; Phil 2:9ff ↩

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