1 ¶ Paul and Silvanus and Timothy, unto the congregation of the Thessalonians in God our Father and in our 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 unto you and peace from God our 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 must thank God always for you, brethren, as is due because your faith grows exceedingly, and the charity of each and every one of you toward each other abounds,

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 congregations of God for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and tribulations that ye endure and

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 ¶ in testimony of the just judgment of God, 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 s eeing it is a just thing with God to recompense tribulation to those that trouble you

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

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

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

8 w ith flaming fire, to take vengeance on those that do not know God and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ,

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 be punished with eternal destruction by the presence of the Lord and by the glory of his power,

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 admired in all those that believe (because our testimony among 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 ¶ Therefore in this manner we pray always for you that our God would count you worthy of his calling and fill each will with goodness and the 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 Christ may be clarified in you, and ye in him, by the grace of our God and of 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.