| 1 | Paul , and Silvanus , and Timotheus , unto the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ : |
| 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 : |
| 6 | 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 , |
| 8 | In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God , and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ : |
| 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 . |
| 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 . |
