| Holman Christian Standard Bible | English Standard Version |
| 1Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy: To the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. | 1Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy, To the church 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. | 2Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. |
| 3We must always thank God for you, brothers. This is right, since your faith is flourishing and the love each one of you has for one another is increasing. | 3We ought always to give thanks to God for you, brothers, as is right, because your faith is growing abundantly, and the love of every one of you for one another is increasing. |
| 4Therefore, we ourselves boast about you among God's churches--about your endurance and faith in all the persecutions and afflictions you endure. | 4Therefore we ourselves boast about you in the churches of God for your steadfastness and faith in all your persecutions and in the afflictions that you are enduring. |
| 5It is a clear evidence of God's righteous judgment that you will be counted worthy of God's kingdom, for which you also are suffering, | 5This is evidence of the righteous judgment of God, that you may be considered worthy of the kingdom of God, for which you are also suffering— |
| 6since it is righteous for God to repay with affliction those who afflict you | 6since indeed God considers it just to repay with affliction those who afflict you, |
| 7and to reward with rest you who are afflicted, along with us. This will take place at the revelation of the Lord Jesus from heaven with His powerful angels, | 7and to grant relief to you who are afflicted as well as to us, when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with his mighty angels |
| 8taking vengeance with flaming fire on those who don't know God and on those who don't obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus. | 8in flaming fire, inflicting vengeance on those who do not know God and on those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus. |
| 9These will pay the penalty of eternal destruction from the Lord's presence and from His glorious strength | 9They will suffer the punishment of eternal destruction, away from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his might, |
| 10in that day when He comes to be glorified by His saints and to be admired by all those who have believed, because our testimony among you was believed. | 10when he comes on that day to be glorified in his saints, and to be marveled at among all who have believed, because our testimony to you was believed. |
| 11And in view of this, we always pray for you that our God will consider you worthy of His calling, and will, by His power, fulfill every desire for goodness and the work of faith, | 11To this end we always pray for you, that our God may make you worthy of his calling and may fulfill every resolve for good and every work of faith by his power, |
| 12so that the name of our Lord Jesus will be glorified by you, and you by Him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ. | 12so 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. |
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