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Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, unto the church of the Thessalonians in
God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: |
 "Paul"
Although this epistle (1:1, 3:17) claims to have been written by Paul,
many scholars think it was a forgery.1
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Grace unto you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
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We are bound to thank God always for you, brethren, as it is meet, because
that your faith groweth exceedingly, and the charity of every one of you all
toward each other aboundeth; |
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So that we ourselves glory in you in the churches of God for your patience
and faith in all your persecutions and tribulations that ye endure: |
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Which is a manifest token of the righteous judgment of God, that ye may be
counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which ye also suffer: |
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Seeing it is a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to them
that trouble you; |
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And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven
with his mighty angels, |
(1:7-9)
"In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God ... who shall be punished
with everlasting destruction."
Jesus will take "vengeance on them that
know not God" by burning them forever "in flaming fire."
Does Hell exist?
What the Bible says about burning people to death
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In flaming fire taking
vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our
Lord Jesus Christ:
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Who shall be punished
with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the
glory of his power; |
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When he shall come to be glorified in his saints, and to be admired in all
them that believe (because our testimony among you was believed) in that
day. |
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Wherefore also we pray always for you, that our God would count you worthy
of this calling, and fulfil all the good pleasure of his goodness, and the
work of faith with power: |
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That the name of our Lord Jesus Christ may be glorified in you, and ye in
him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.
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Next Chapter
1. Bart D. Ehrman,
The New Testament: A Historical Introlduction to the
Early Christian Writings, 3rd ed. (2004), chap.23
- Dwindling in Unbelief
- Things on which the
Bible and Quran agree (2 Thessalonians 1:8-9)
- Wikipedia
- Second Epistle to the Thessalonians
- Authorship
of the Pauline epistles: Second Thessalonians
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