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1Greetings from Paul, Silas, and Timothy.
To the churcha of those in Thessalonica, who are in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
 2Graceb and peace to you from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
 3We thank God for you always. And that's what we should do, because you give us good reason to be thankful: Your faith is growing more and more. And the love that every one of you has for each other is also growing. 4So we tell the other churches of God how proud we are of you. We tell them how you patiently continue to be strong and have faith, even though you are being persecutedc and are suffering many troubles.

Paul Tells About God’s Judgment
 5This is proof that God is right in his judgment. He wants you to be worthy of his kingdomd. Your suffering is for that kingdom. 6God will do what is right. He will punish those who are causing you trouble. 7And he will bring relief to you who are troubled. He will bring it to you and to us when the Lord Jesus comes from heaven for all to see, together with his powerful angels. 8He will come with burning fire to punish those who don't know God - those who refuse to accept the Good Newse about our Lord Jesus Christ. 9They will be punished with a destruction that never ends. They will not be allowed to be with the Lord but will be kept away from his great power. 10This will happen on the day when the Lord Jesus comes to receive honor with his holy peoplef. He will be admired among all who have believed. And this includes you because you believed what we told you.
 11That is why we always pray for you. We ask our God to help you live the good way he wanted when he chose you. The goodness you have makes you want to do good. And the faith you have makes you work. We pray that with his power God will help you do these things more and more. 12Then the name of our Lord Jesus will be honored because of you, and you will be honored because of him. This can happen only by the graceb of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.
achurch Literally, “assembly” or “community,” the people who have been brought together as God’s family through their common faith in Jesus Christ. The word often refers to a group of believers who meet together or who live in the same area, but it is also used to mean the worldwide community of all believers in Christ.
bgrace The love and kindness that God shows in his complete willingness to give people favors he does not owe them and blessings they don’t deserve.
cpersecute To hurt, cause trouble for, or do bad things to someone, especially because of their beliefs.
dkingdom See “God’s kingdom.”
eGood News In the Gospels this is usually the news about the coming of God’s kingdom (see above) or its representative Jesus the Messiah. In other places it is, more specifically, the news or message of God’s grace - that he has made a way through Jesus Christ for people to be made right with him and enjoy his blessings now and forever.
fholy people Literally, “saints” or “holy ones,” a term used in the New Testament to describe followers of Jesus Christ as God’s special people. They are holy because they have been made pure through Christ and belong only to God. See “holy.”