The Second Letter of PAUL to the THESSALONIANS - Chapter One

The Second Letter of PAUL to 

The THESSALONIANS 

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1 Paul, Silas and Timothy, 

To the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ:

2 Grace and peace to you from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

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3 We 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. 4 Therefore, among God’s churches we boast about your perseverance and faith in all the persecutions and trials you are enduring.

5 All 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. 6 God is just: he will pay back trouble to those who trouble you 7 and 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. 8 He will punish those who do not know God and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus. 9 They will be punished with everlasting destruction and shut out from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his might 10 on the day he comes to be glorified in his holy people and to be marvelled at among all those who have believed. This includes you, because you believed our testimony to you.

11 With 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. 12 We 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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Word by Word Meditations 

by Fred Ursell

2^nd Thessalonians 1: “from” (v.2)

This simple preposition is used 4 times, referring: 

[A] once to Christ’s future return to earth (“when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven” v.7); 

[B] twice to the future judgement of unbelievers (“shut out from the presence of the Lord and from the majesty of his power” v.9); 

[C] once to the source of blessings for believers (“grace and peace to you from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ” v.2). 

N.B. the Middle Eastern greeting ‘shalom’ (‘peace’) is placed after the historic Christian one (‘grace’), since “grace” brings “peace” of heart and mind in its wake. Peace comes from grace.

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READINGS

The Second Letter of PAUL to 

The THESSALONIANS 

Chapter One

Read by Sir David Suchet

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OVERVIEW 

The Second Letter of PAUL to 

The THESSALONIANS 

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The Bible Project 

https://youtu.be/kbPBDKOn1cc

2 Thessalonians "The Bible in 5" 

Tim Mackie (The Bible Project)

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STUDY - LINKS

The Second Letter of Paul to the 

TESSALONIANS

David Pawson

Part 1

Part 2 

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