帖撒羅尼迦後書 1

問安

1 保羅、西拉和提摩太，寫信給帖撒羅尼迦、在我們的父　神和主耶穌基督裡的教會。

2 願恩惠平安從父　神和主耶穌基督臨到你們。
主再來時必施行審判
3 弟兄們，我們應該常常為你們感謝　神，這是合適的。因為你們的信心格外長進，你們眾人彼此相愛的心也在增加。4 所以我們在　神的眾教會裡，親自誇獎你們，因為你們在所受的一切迫害患難中，仍然存著堅忍和信心。5 這正是　神公義判斷的明證，使你們可以算是配得上他的國；你們也是為了　神的國而受苦。6 -7 　神既然是公義的，主耶穌和他有能力的天使從天上顯現在火燄中的時候，就使你們這些受災難的人，可以和我們同享安息；卻以災難報應那些把災難加給你們的人。8 又要報應那些不認識　神、不聽從我們主耶穌的福音的人。9 -10 當主來的時候，他們要受永遠沉淪的懲罰，就是離開主的面和他權能的榮光。在那一天，他要在聖徒身上得著榮耀，又要在所有信徒身上受到尊崇。11 因此，我們常常為你們禱告，願我們的　神看你們是配得上所蒙的召，又用大能成就你們所羨慕的一切良善和信心的工作，

12 使我們主耶穌的名，照著我們的　神和主耶穌基督的恩，在你們身上得著榮耀，你們也在他身上得著榮耀。

2 Thessalonians 1

Salutation

1 From Pault and Silvanus and Timothy, to the church of the Thessalonianss in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

2 Grace and peace to yout from God thes Father and the Lord Jesus Christ!

Thanksgiving

3 We ought to thank God always for you, brothers and sisters,t and rightly so,t because your faith flourishes more and more and the love of each one of you all for one another is ever greater.

4 As a result we ourselves boast about you in the churches of God for your perseverance and faith in all the persecutions and afflictions you are enduring.

Encouragement in Persecution

5 This is evidence of God’s righteous judgment, to make you worthyt of the kingdom of God, for which in fact you are suffering.6 For it is rightt for God to repay with affliction those who afflict you,7 and to you who are being afflicted to give rest together with us when the Lord Jesus is revealedt from heaven with his mighty angels.t8 With flaming fire he will mete outtpunishment on those who do not know Gods and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.9 Theyt will undergo the penalty of eternal destruction, away from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his strength,ts10 when he comes to be glorified among his saints and admiredt on that day among all who have believed – and you did in fact believe our testimony.t11 And in this regard we pray for you always, that our God will make you worthy of his callingt and fulfill by his power your every desire for goodness and every work of faith,

12 that the name of our Lord Jesus may be glorified in you, and you in him, according tot the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.