God’s
Final Judgment and Glory
2 Thessalonians 1:3-12
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We are bound to thank God always for you, brethren, as it is fitting,
because your faith grows exceedingly, and the love of every one of you
all abounds toward each other, 4 so that we ourselves
boast of you among the churches of God for your patience and faith in
all your persecutions and tribulations that you endure, 5
which is manifest evidence of the righteous judgment of God,
that you may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which you
also suffer; 6 since it is a righteous thing with
God to repay with tribulation those who trouble you, 7
and to give you who are troubled rest with us when the Lord Jesus is
revealed from heaven with His mighty angels, 8
in flaming fire taking vengeance on those who do not know God, and on
those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. 9
These shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence
of the Lord and from the glory of His power, 10
when He comes, in that Day, to be glorified in His saints and to be
admired among all those who believe, because our testimony among you
was believed. 11 Therefore we also pray always
for you that our God would count you worthy of this calling, and fulfill
all the good pleasure of His goodness and the work of faith with power,
12 that the name of our Lord Jesus Christ may
be glorified in you, and you in Him, according to the grace of our God
and the Lord Jesus Christ.