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2 Thessalonians 1:4

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That's why we brag about you to all of God's churches. We tell them how patient you are and how you keep on having faith, even though you are going through a lot of trouble and suffering.

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Let your hope make you glad. Be patient in time of trouble and never stop praying.

He will give eternal life to everyone who has patiently done what is good in the hope of receiving glory, honor, and life that lasts forever.

However, we hope for something we have not yet seen, and we patiently wait for it.

In every church I tell the people to stay as they were when the Lord Jesus chose them and God called them to be his own. Now I say the same thing to you.

Yes, I am glad to be weak or insulted or mistreated or to have troubles and sufferings, if it is for Christ. Because when I am weak, I am strong.

We had told him how much we thought of you, and you did not disappoint us. Just as we have always told you the truth, so everything we told him about you has also proved to be true.

I trust you completely. I am always proud of you, and I am greatly encouraged. In all my trouble I am still very happy.

I know how eager you are to give. And I have proudly told the Lord's followers in Macedonia that you people in Achaia have been ready for a whole year. Now your desire to give has made them want to give.

Some followers from Macedonia may come with me, and I want them to find that you have the money ready. If you don't, I would be embarrassed for trusting you to do this. But you would be embarrassed even more.

we tell God our Father about your faith and loving work and about your firm hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.

My friends, you did just like God's churches in Judea and like the other followers of Christ Jesus there. And so, you were mistreated by your own people, in the same way they were mistreated by their people.

After all, when the Lord Jesus appears, who else but you will give us hope and joy and be like a glorious crown for us?

I pray that the Lord will guide you to be as loving as God and as patient as Christ.

Learn to be patient, so that you will please God and be given what he has promised.

Then you would never be lazy. You would be following the example of those who had faith and were patient until God kept his promise to them.

Then after Abraham had been very patient, he was given what God had promised.

In fact, we praise the ones who endured the most. You remember how patient Job was and how the Lord finally helped him. The Lord did this because he is so merciful and kind.

self-control, patience, devotion to God,

God's people must learn to endure. They must also obey his commands and have faith in Jesus.




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