1 P aul, and Silvanus, and Timothy, unto the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ;

Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy, To the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ:

2 G race to you and peace from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. God’s Final Judgment and Glory

3 W e are bound to give thanks to God always to you, brethren, even as it is meet, for that your faith growth exceedingly, and the love of each one of you all toward one another aboundeth;

We are bound to thank God always for you, brethren, as it is fitting, because your faith grows exceedingly, and the love of every one of you all abounds toward each other,

4 s o that we ourselves glory in you in the churches of God for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and in the afflictions which ye endure;

so that we ourselves boast of you among the churches of God for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and tribulations that you endure,

5 w hich is a manifest token of the righteous judgment of God; to the end that ye may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which ye also suffer:

which is manifest evidence of the righteous judgment of God, that you may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which you also suffer;

6 i f so be that it is righteous thing with God to recompense affliction to them that afflict you,

since it is a righteous thing with God to repay with tribulation those who trouble you,

7 a nd to you that are afflicted rest with us, at the revelation of the Lord Jesus from heaven with the angels of his power in flaming fire,

and to give you who are troubled rest with us when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with His mighty angels,

8 r endering vengeance to them that know not God, and to them that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus:

in flaming fire taking vengeance on those who do not know God, and on those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ.

9 w ho shall suffer punishment, even eternal destruction from the face of the Lord and from the glory of his might,

These shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of His power,

10 w hen he shall come to be glorified in his saints, and to be marvelled at in all them that believed (because our testimony unto you was believed) in that day.

when He comes, in that Day, to be glorified in His saints and to be admired among all those who believe, because our testimony among you was believed.

11 T o which end we also pray always for you, that our God may count you worthy of your calling, and fulfil every desire of goodness and every work of faith, with power;

Therefore we also pray always for you that our God would count you worthy of this calling, and fulfill all the good pleasure of His goodness and the work of faith with power,

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

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