Greetings to the Thessalonians (2 Thessalonians 1:1–4)
1 CPDV Paul and Sylvanus and Timothy, to the church of the Thessalonians, in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. BSB BSB: Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy, To the church of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace and peace to you.
2 CPDV Grace and peace to you. We give thanks to God always for all of you, keeping the memory of you in our prayers without ceasing, BSB BSB: We always thank God for all of you, remembering you in our prayers
3 CPDV remembering your work of faith, and hardship, and charity, and enduring hope, in our Lord Jesus Christ, before God our Father. BSB BSB: and continually recalling before our God and Father your work of faith, your labor of love, and your enduring hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.
4 CPDV For we know, brothers, beloved of God, of your election. BSB BSB: Brothers who are beloved by God, we know that He has chosen you,
5 CPDV For our Gospel has not been among you in word alone, but also in virtue, and in the Holy Spirit, and with a great fullness, in the same manner as you know we have acted among you for your sake. BSB BSB: because our gospel came to you not only in word, but also in power, in the Holy Spirit, and with great conviction—just as you know we lived among you for your sake.
6 CPDV And so, you became imitators of us and of the Lord, accepting the Word in the midst of great tribulation, but with the joy of the Holy Spirit. BSB BSB: And you became imitators of us and of the Lord when you welcomed the message with the joy of the Holy Spirit, in spite of your great suffering.
7 CPDV So have you become a pattern for all who believe in Macedonia and in Achaia. BSB BSB: As a result, you have become an example to all the believers in Macedonia and Achaia.
8 CPDV For from you, the Word of the Lord was spread, not only in Macedonia and in Achaia, but also in every place. Your faith, which is toward God, has advanced so much so that we do not need to speak to you about anything. BSB BSB: For not only did the message of the Lord ring out from you to Macedonia and Achaia, but your faith in God has gone out to every place, so that we have no need to say anything more.
9 CPDV For others are reporting among us of the kind of acceptance we had among you, and how you were converted from idols to God, to the service of the living and true God, BSB BSB: For they themselves report what kind of welcome you gave us, and how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God
10 CPDV and to the expectation of his Son from heaven (whom he raised up from the dead), Jesus, who has rescued us from the approaching wrath. BSB BSB: and to await His Son from heaven, whom He raised from the dead—Jesus our deliverer from the coming wrath.
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