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2 Thessalonians 1:4 — Meaning and Application
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King James Version
" So that we ourselves glory in you in the churches of God for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and tribulations that ye endure: "
2 Thessalonians 1:4
Verse in Context
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Grace unto you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
We are bound to thank God always for you, brethren, as it is meet, because that your faith groweth exceedingly, and the charity of every one of you all toward each other aboundeth;
So that we ourselves glory in you in the churches of God for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and tribulations that ye endure:
Which is a manifest token of the righteous judgment of God, that ye may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which ye ➔ also suffer:
Seeing it is a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to them that trouble you;
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2 Thessalonians 1:1
"Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, unto the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ:"
2 Thessalonians 1:2
"Grace unto you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ."
2 Thessalonians 1:3
"We are bound to thank God always for you, brethren, as it is meet, because that your faith groweth exceedingly, and the charity of every one of you all toward each other aboundeth;"
2 Thessalonians 1:5
"Which is a manifest token of the righteous judgment of God, that ye may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which ye ➔ also suffer:"
2 Thessalonians 1:6
"Seeing it is a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to them that trouble you;"
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