2 Thessalonians 1

1Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy, to the assembly of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ:Cross-references: Acts 16:1 · 2Cor 1:19 · 1Thess 1:1

2Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.Cross-references: Rom 1:7 · 1Cor 1:3 · 1Cor 1:8

3We 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 toward one another abounds,Cross-references: Job 17:9 · Ps 84:7 · Ps 92:13 · Prov 4:18 · Isa 40:29 · Luke 15:32 · +18 more

4so that we ourselves boast about you in the assemblies of God for your perseverance and faith in all your persecutions and in the afflictions which you endure.Cross-references: Rom 2:7 · Rom 5:3 · Rom 8:25 · Rom 12:12 · 1Cor 7:17 · 2Cor 7:14 · +15 more

5This is an obvious sign of the righteous judgment of God, to the end that you may be counted worthy of God’s Kingdom, for which you also suffer.Cross-references: Job 8:3 · Ps 9:7 · Ps 33:5 · Ps 50:6 · Ps 72:2 · Ps 99:4 · +22 more

6For it is a righteous thing with God to repay affliction to those who afflict you,Cross-references: Ex 23:22 · Deut 32:41 · Ps 74:22 · Ps 79:10 · Ps 94:20 · Isa 49:26 · +9 more

7and to give relief to you who are afflicted with us when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with his mighty angels in flaming fire,Cross-references: Isa 57:2 · Matt 5:10 · Matt 13:39 · Matt 16:27 · Matt 25:31 · Matt 26:64 · +28 more

8punishing those who don’t know God, and to those who don’t obey the Good News of our Lord Jesus,Cross-references: Gen 3:24 · Ex 5:2 · Deut 4:11 · Deut 4:30 · Deut 5:5 · Deut 32:35 · +49 more

9who will pay the penalty: eternal destruction from the face of the Lord and from the glory of his might,Cross-references: Gen 3:8 · Gen 4:16 · Deut 33:2 · Job 21:14 · Job 22:17 · Ps 16:11 · +31 more

10when he comes in that day to be glorified in his saints and to be admired among all those who have believed, because our testimony to you was believed.Cross-references: Num 23:23 · Ps 68:35 · Ps 89:7 · Isa 43:21 · Isa 44:23 · Isa 49:3 · +29 more

11To 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,Cross-references: Ps 48:14 · Ps 51:18 · Ps 68:20 · Ps 138:8 · Prov 4:18 · Isa 25:9 · +33 more

12that 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.Cross-references: Gen 18:18 · Ps 72:17 · Isa 45:17 · Isa 45:25 · Isa 66:5 · John 17:10 · +13 more