2 Thessalonians 1:1

Salutation

1:1 From Paul¹ and Silvanus and Timothy, to the church of the Thessalonians² in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

2 Thessalonians 1:7-8

1:7 and to you who are being afflicted to give rest together with us when the Lord Jesus is revealed³ from heaven with his mighty angels.⁴ 1:8 With flaming fire he will mete out⁵ punishment on those who do not know God⁶ and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.

2 Thessalonians 2:1

The Day of the Lord

2:1 Now regarding the arrival⁷ of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered to be with him,⁸ we ask you, brothers and sisters,⁹

2 Thessalonians 2:14

2:14 He called you to this salvation¹⁰ through our gospel, so that you may possess the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.¹¹

2 Thessalonians 2:16

2:16 Now may our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father, who loved us and by grace gave us eternal comfort and good hope,

2 Thessalonians 3:12

3:12 Now such people we command and urge in the Lord Jesus Christ to work quietly and so provide their own food to eat.¹²

¹tn Grk “Paul.” The word “from” is not in the Greek text, but has been supplied to indicate the sender of the letter.

²map For the location of Thessalonica see JP1-C1; JP2-C1; JP3-C1; JP4-C1.

³tn Grk “at the revelation of the Lord Jesus.”

⁴tn Grk “angels of power,” translated as an attributive genitive.

⁵tn Grk “meting out,” as a description of Jesus Christ in v. 7. Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started at the beginning of v. 8 in the translation.

⁶sn An allusion to Jer 10:25, possibly also to Ps 79:6 and Isa 66:15.

⁷tn Or perhaps “return” (cf. CEV).

⁸tn Grk “our gathering with him.”

⁹tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:3.

¹⁰tn Grk “to which,” referring to the main idea of v. 13.

¹¹sn That you may possess the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. For Paul the ultimate stage of salvation is glorification (Rom 8:30).

¹²tn Grk “that by working quietly they may eat their own bread.”