帖撒羅尼迦後書 1
問候
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保羅、西拉和提摩太寫信給帖撒羅尼迦、在我們的父上帝與主耶穌基督裏的教會。 2 願恩惠、平安t從我們的t父上帝和主耶穌基督歸給你們！
基督再來時的審判
3 弟兄們，我們該常常為你們感謝上帝，這本是合宜的；因為你們的信心格外增長，你們眾人彼此相愛的心也都增加。 4 所以，我們在上帝的各教會裏為你們誇耀，因為你們在所受的一切壓迫患難中仍牢守著耐心和信心。
5 這正是上帝公義判斷的明證，使你們配得上他的國，你們就是為這國受苦。 6 既然上帝是公義的，他必以患難報復那加患難給你們的人， 7-8 也必使你們這受患難的人與我們同得平安。那時，主耶穌同他有權能的天使從天上在火焰中顯現，要報應那些不認識上帝和不聽從我們的主耶穌福音的人。 9 他們要受懲罰，永遠沉淪，與主的面和他權能的榮光隔絕。 10 這正是主再來，要在他聖徒的身上得榮耀，就是要使一切信的人感到驚訝的那日子，因為你們信了我們對你們作的見證。 11 為此，我們常為你們禱告，願我們的上帝看你們與他的呼召相配，又用大能成就你們一切良善的美意和因信心所做的工作， 12 使我們主耶穌的名，照著我們的上帝和主耶穌基督的恩，在你們身上得榮耀，你們也在他身上得榮耀。
2 THESSALONIANS 1
1 t From Paul, Silas, t and Timothy.
To the church in Thessalonica, the people of God our Father and of the Lord Jesus Christ.
2 I pray that God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ will be kind to you and will bless you with peace!When Christ Returns
3 My dear friends, we always have good reason to thank God for you, because your faith in God and your love for each other keep growing all the time.
4 This is 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.
5 All this shows that God judges fairly and is making you fit to share in his kingdom for which you are suffering. 6 It is only right for God to punish everyone who is causing you trouble, 7 but he will give you relief from your troubles. God will do the same for us, when the Lord Jesus comes from heaven with his powerful angels
8 and with a flaming fire.
Our Lord Jesus will punish anyone who doesn't know God and won't obey his message. 9 t Their punishment will be eternal destruction, and they will be kept far from the presence of our Lord and his glorious strength.
10 This will happen on the day when the Lord returns to be praised and honored by all who have faith in him and belong to him. This includes you, because you believed what we said.
11 God chose you, and we keep praying that God will make you worthy of being his people. We pray for God's power to help you do all the good things you hope to do and your faith makes you want to do. 12 Then, because of the undeserved grace of God and our Lord Jesus Christ, you will bring honor to the name of our Lord Jesus, and he will bring honor to you.