| New American Standard Bible 1995 | New International Version |
| 1Paul and Silvanus and Timothy, To the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: | 1Paul, Silas and Timothy, To the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: |
| 2Grace to you and peace from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. | 2Grace and peace to you from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. |
| 3We ought always to give thanks to God for you, brethren, as is only fitting, because your faith is greatly enlarged, and the love of each one of you toward one another grows ever greater; | 3We ought always to thank God for you, brothers and sisters, and rightly so, because your faith is growing more and more, and the love all of you have for one another is increasing. |
| 4therefore, we ourselves speak proudly of you among the churches of God for your perseverance and faith in the midst of all your persecutions and afflictions which you endure. | 4Therefore, among God's churches we boast about your perseverance and faith in all the persecutions and trials you are enduring. |
| 5This is a plain indication of God's righteous judgment so that you will be considered worthy of the kingdom of God, for which indeed you are suffering. | 5All this is evidence that God's judgment is right, and as a result you will be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which you are suffering. |
| 6For after all it is only just for God to repay with affliction those who afflict you, | 6God is just: He will pay back trouble to those who trouble you |
| 7and to give relief to you who are afflicted and to us as well when the Lord Jesus will be revealed from heaven with His mighty angels in flaming fire, | 7and give relief to you who are troubled, and to us as well. This will happen when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven in blazing fire with his powerful angels. |
| 8dealing out retribution to those who do not know God and to those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus. | 8He will punish those who do not know God and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus. |
| 9These will pay the penalty of eternal destruction, away from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of His power, | 9They will be punished with everlasting destruction and shut out from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his might |
| 10when He comes to be glorified in His saints on that day, and to be marveled at among all who have believed-- for our testimony to you was believed. | 10on the day he comes to be glorified in his holy people and to be marveled at among all those who have believed. This includes you, because you believed our testimony to you. |
| 11To this end also we pray for you always, that our God will count you worthy of your calling, and fulfill every desire for goodness and the work of faith with power, | 11With this in mind, we constantly pray for you, that our God may make you worthy of his calling, and that by his power he may bring to fruition your every desire for goodness and your every deed prompted by 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 the Lord Jesus Christ. | 12We pray this so 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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