Discovery Box2 Thessalonians 1:1 
ContextSalutation
1:1 From Paul 1 and Silvanus and Timothy, to the church of the Thessalonians 2 in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
2 Thessalonians 1:4
Context1:4 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.
2 Thessalonians 1:8
Context1:8 With flaming fire he will mete out 3 punishment on those who do not know God 4 and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.
2 Thessalonians 1:12
Context1:12 that the name of our Lord Jesus may be glorified in you, and you in him, according to 5 the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.
2 Thessalonians 2:16
Context2:16 Now may our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father, who loved us and by grace gave us eternal comfort and good hope,
1 tn Grk “Paul.” The word “from” is not in the Greek text, but has been supplied to indicate the sender of the letter.
2 map For the location of Thessalonica see JP1 C1; JP2 C1; JP3 C1; JP4 C1.
3 tn 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.
4 sn An allusion to Jer 10:25, possibly also to Ps 79:6 and Isa 66:15.
5 tn Or “by means of.”
