Greetings to the Thessalonians
(1 Thessalonians 1:1–10)
Paul, Silvanus, 1 and Timothy, 2Co 1:191Th 1:1-10Act 16:1
To the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ:
Grace and peace to you from God our Father 2and the Lord Jesus Christ. Rom 1:71Co 1:31Co 1:8
We are obligated to thank God for you all the time, brothers, as is fitting, because your faith is growing more and more, and your love for one another is increasing. 2Pe 3:182Pe 1:5-10Pro 4:18Isa 40:29-31Php 1:91Th 4:11Th 4:9-102Th 2:13 That is why we boast among God’s churches about your perseverance and faith in the face of all the persecution and affliction you are enduring. Heb 10:36Jas 5:7-8Heb 12:1-31Th 2:142Co 7:141Th 1:31Th 2:191Co 7:17
Christ’s Coming
All this is clear evidence of God’s righteous judgment. And so you will be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which you are suffering. Php 1:28Act 14:22Luk 20:35Rev 19:22Th 1:112Ti 2:12Col 1:12Jer 9:24 After all, it is only right for God to repay with affliction those who afflict you, Col 3:25Zec 2:8Deu 32:41-43Psa 94:20-23Exo 23:22Isa 49:26Psa 74:22-23Rev 6:10 and to grant relief to you who are oppressed and to us as well. This will take place when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with His mighty angels Rev 14:13Mat 16:27Jud 1:14-15Rev 22:16Mat 25:31Tit 2:132Co 4:17Isa 57:2 in blazing fire, inflicting vengeance on those who do not know God and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus. 1Pe 4:172Pe 3:7Heb 10:272Pe 3:10-12Heb 10:30Psa 79:6Gal 4:8Heb 2:3 They will suffer the penalty of eternal destruction, separated from the presence of the Lord and the glory of His might, Mat 25:41Mat 25:46Rev 14:10-112Th 2:8Rev 21:8Isa 2:21Php 3:19Mat 16:27 on the day He comes to be glorified in His saints and regarded with wonder by all who have believed, including you who have believed our testimony. 1Co 3:132Ti 4:8Eph 1:18Jhn 17:10Isa 49:31Pe 2:9Num 23:231Co 1:6
To this end, we always pray for you, that our God will count you worthy of His calling, and that He will powerfully fulfill your every good desire and work of faith, Php 2:13Col 1:9-131Th 1:31Th 3:9-132Th 1:52Th 2:14Tit 3:4-7Heb 12:2 so that the name of our Lord Jesus will be glorified in you, and you in Him, according to the grace of our God and of the Lord Jesus Christ. 3 2Th 1:101Pe 4:14Jhn 17:102Co 13:41Co 1:42Co 8:9Col 2:9-10Php 2:9-11