2 Thessalonians
| 2 Thessalonians: Chapters -1- -2- -3- |
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| 1:1 Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy: To the church and called out assembly of the Thessalonians inside of God our Father and the Lord, Jesus Christ. 2 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord, Jesus Christ. • 3 We are committed to thanking God and to speaking good grace always concerning you, brothers and sisters, according to your proportion and weight of value, because your faith is increasing beyond measure and the love of each one of you all is super-abounding into one another in a full back-and-forth reciprocity. 4 So for ourselves, we boast in you to the churches of God because of your steadfastness and bearing under for the sake of others, inside of all the persecutions against you and the pressures of travail within and without that you are enduring. • 5 This is clear evidence of the right judgment of God as to your great value into the kingdom of God, for the sake of which you also suffer. 6 For indeed God is justly correct to give back to you against the pressures of travail you are faithfully enduring, • 7 and to give you, as you are being pressured, rest with us inside of the unveiling [a] of the Lord Jesus Christ out from heaven with His mighty angels 8 inside of a flame of fire giving justice to those not knowing God and those not hearing the gospel of our Lord Jesus with submission. 9 They will pay fully and justly a season of loss and ruin away from the face of the Lord and away from the glory of His power • 10 when He shall come in that day to be glorified inside of His saints and to be honored inside of all those who have believed, because our testimony to you was believed. 11 For this purpose we also pray always concerning you, that you may be counted in the full value of the calling of our God, and that He may fulfill every good pleasure of goodness and work of faith inside of power 12 so that the name of our Lord Jesus might be glorified inside of you and you inside of Him, down to the finest details of the grace of our God (a) and the Lord Jesus Christ. |
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| • Kingdom: God highly values every member of His House, including you, for as your faith increases, and as your love for your brethren super-abounds in full reciprocity, then God is become visible as the face of His Church. • Ruling Verse 9: Nothing that we suffer or bear with endurance is “for ourselves,” but for others. As we travail with God, inside of His Spirit (see Romans 8:18-27), so God moves through us for others, setting creation free. • Ruling Verse 9: We rest inside of the unveiling of Jesus Christ, as God removes the cover from the eyes of all and Jesus is known as He is through His Church, for He is glorified inside of us. Yet our eyes are upon the Church, that we might clothe her with Fire, by placing the Lord Jesus Christ upon all of our brethren, even as we believe. |
a. The Greek word apocalupsis I will always translate as “the unveiling.” It means to take the cover off, specifically to cause people to see that which has always been true, right from the start. Jesus returned on the Day of Pentecost into His body, the Church. The Apocalypse is when everyone sees that He has always been here, walking this earth, Jesus as He is. |