| Berean Study Bible | Holman Christian Standard Bible |
| 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 and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. | 2Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. |
| 3We 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. | 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. |
| 4That 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. | 4Therefore, we ourselves boast about you among God's churches--about your endurance and faith in all the persecutions and afflictions you endure. |
| 5All 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. | 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, |
| 6After all, it is only right for God to repay with affliction those who afflict you, | 6since it is righteous for God to repay with affliction those who afflict you |
| 7and 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 | 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, |
| 8in blazing fire, inflicting vengeance on those who do not know God and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus. | 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. |
| 9They will suffer the penalty of eternal destruction, separated from the presence of the Lord and the glory of His might, | 9These will pay the penalty of eternal destruction from the Lord's presence and from His glorious strength |
| 10on 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. | 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. |
| 11To 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, | 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, |
| 12so 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. | 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. |
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