Grace and Peace to you
From God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
We Ought Always to Thank God for you,
Brothers and Sisters, and Rightly so,
Because your Faith is Growing More and More,
And the Love all of you have
For One Another is Increasing.
Therefore, among God’s Churches
We Boast about your Perseverance and Faith
In all the Persecutions and Trials you are Enduring.
All this is Evidence that God’s Judgment is Right,
And as a Result
You will be Counted Worthy of the Kingdom of God,
For which you are Suffering.
God is Just:
He will Pay Back Trouble to those Trouble you
And give Relief to you who are Troubled,
And to us as well.
This will happen
When the Lord Jesus is Revealed from Heaven
In Blazing Fire with His Powerful Angels.
He will Punish those who do not know God
And do not Obey the Gospel of our Lord Jesus.
They will be Punished with Everlasting Destruction
And Shut Out from the Presence of the Lord
And from the Glory of His Might
On The Day He comes to be Glorified
In His Holy People
And to be Marveled at
Among all those who have Believed.
This includes you,
Because you Believed our Testimony to you.
With this in Mind,
We Constantly Pray for you,
That our God may make you Worthy of His Calling,
And that by His Power He may bring to Fruition
Your every Desire for Goodness
And your every Deed Prompted by Faith.
We Pray this so that the Name of our Lord Jesus
May be Glorified in you, and you in Him,
According to the Grace of our God
And the Lord Jesus Christ.
(2 Thessalonians 1:2-12, NIV)
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