| Berean Study Bible | New International Version |
| 1Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy, To the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: | 1Paul, Silas and Timothy, To the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: |
| 2Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. | 2Grace and peace to you from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. |
| 3We are obligated to thank God for you all the time, brothers, as is fitting, because your faith is growing more and more, and your love for one another is increasing. | 3We 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. |
| 4That is why we boast among God’s churches about your perseverance and faith in the face of all the persecution and affliction you are enduring. | 4Therefore, among God's churches we boast about your perseverance and faith in all the persecutions and trials you are enduring. |
| 5All this is clear evidence of God’s righteous judgment. And so you will be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which you are suffering. | 5All 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. |
| 6After all, it is only right for God to repay with affliction those who afflict you, | 6God is just: He will pay back trouble to those who trouble you |
| 7and to grant relief to you who are oppressed and to us as well. This will take place when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with His mighty angels | 7and 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. |
| 8in blazing fire, inflicting vengeance on those who do not know God and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus. | 8He will punish those who do not know God and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus. |
| 9They will suffer the penalty of eternal destruction, separated from the presence of the Lord and the glory of His might, | 9They will be punished with everlasting destruction and shut out from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his might |
| 10on the day He comes to be glorified in His saints and regarded with wonder by all who have believed, including you who have believed our testimony. | 10on the day he comes to be glorified in his holy people and to be marveled at among all those who have believed. This includes you, because you believed our testimony to you. |
| 11To this end, we always pray for you, that our God will count you worthy of His calling, and that He will powerfully fulfill your every good desire and work of faith, | 11With 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. |
| 12so that the name of our Lord Jesus will be glorified in you, and you in Him, according to the grace of our God and of the Lord Jesus Christ. | 12We 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. |
|
    |