Perseverance in Persecution and God's Righteous Judgment
2 Thessalonians 1:1-12
1Paul and Silvanus and Timothy, to the assembly of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.2Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.3We owe thanks to God always concerning you, brothers, as is fitting, because your faith increases and the love of each one of you all toward one another increases.4Therefore we boast of you in the assemblies of God because of your perseverance and faith in all your persecutions and the pressures that you endure.5Evidence of the just judgment of God, that you are considered worthy of the kingdom of God, for which you also suffer.6For it is just with God to repay with pressure those who press on you.7And to you who are being pressed on he will grant rest together with us at the revelation of the Lord Jesus from heaven with his angels of power.8He comes in a flame of fire, giving vengeance to those who do not know God and to those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.9They will pay the penalty of eternal destruction away from the face of the Lord and from the glory of his strength.10This will happen when he comes to be glorified in his holy ones and to be marveled at among all who have believed, because our testimony was believed on that day.11To this end we also pray always for you, that our God may deem you worthy of the calling and may fulfill every good pleasure of goodness and work of faith by power.12Thus 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.