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1 Paul, 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 Yeshua Meshikha:
2 Grace to you and peace from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Grace to you and peace from God the Father and the Lord Yeshua Meshikha.
3 We are bound to give thanks to God always for you, brethren, even as it is meet, for that your faith groweth exceedingly, and the love of each one of you all toward one another aboundeth;
We are bound to always give thanks to God for you, brothers, even as it is appropriate, because your faith grows exceedingly, and the love of each and every one of you towards one another abounds;
4 so 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 about you in the congregations of God for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and in the afflictions which you endure.
5 [which 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:
This is an obvious sign of the righteous judgment of God, to the end that you may be counted worthy of the Kingdom of God, for which you also suffer.
6 if so be that it is a righteous thing with God to recompense affliction to them that afflict you,
Since it is a righteous thing with God to repay affliction to those who afflict you,
7 and 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 relief to you who are afflicted with us, when the Lord Yeshua is revealed from heaven with his mighty angels in flaming fire,
8 rendering vengeance to them that know not God, and to them that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus:
giving vengeance to those who do not know God, and to those who do not obey the Good News of our Lord Yeshua,
9 who shall suffer punishment, [even] eternal destruction from the face of the Lord and from the glory of his might, (aiōnios )
who will pay the penalty: everlasting destruction from the face of the Lord and from the glory of his might, (aiōnios )
10 when 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 to be glorified in his saints, and to be marveled at among all those who have believed, because our testimony to you was believed.
11 To 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;
To this end we also pray always for you, that our God may count you worthy of your calling, and fulfill every desire of goodness and work of faith, with power;
12 that 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 Yeshua may be glorified in you, and you in him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Yeshua Meshikha.