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Chapter 1 |
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Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, unto the church of the Thessalonians in God
our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: |
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2 | Grace unto you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus
Christ. |
| 3 | We are bound to
thank God always for you, brethren, as it is meet, because that your faith
groweth exceedingly, and the charity of every one of you all toward each other
aboundeth; |
| 4 | So that we
ourselves glory in you in the churches of God for your patience and faith in
all your persecutions and tribulations that ye endure: |
| 5 | Which is a manifest token of the
righteous judgment of God, that ye may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God,
for which ye also suffer: |
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Seeing it is a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to them
that trouble you; |
| 7 | And
to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed
from heaven with his mighty angels, |
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8 | In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and
that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ: |
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9 | Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction
from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power; |
| 10 | When he shall come to be glorified
in his saints, and to be admired in all them that believe (because our
testimony among you was believed) in that day. |
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11 | Wherefore also we pray always for you, that our God
would count you worthy of this calling, and fulfil all the good pleasure of his
goodness, and the work of faith with power: |
| 12 | That the name of our Lord Jesus Christ may be glorified
in you, and ye in him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus
Christ. |
