WE ALWAYS THANK GOD FOR YOU

 

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)