Discovery Box2 Thessalonians 1:2 
Context1:2 Grace and peace to you 1 from God the 2 Father and the Lord Jesus Christ!
2 Thessalonians 1:6
Context1:6 For it is right 3 for God to repay with affliction those who afflict you,
2 Thessalonians 2:11
Context2:11 Consequently 4 God sends on them a deluding influence 5 so that they will believe what is false.
1 tn Grk “Grace to you and peace.”
2 tc ‡ Most witnesses (א A F G I 0278 Ï lat sy sa) have ἡμῶν (Jhmwn) after πατρός (patros), reading “God our Father,” in apparent emulation of Paul’s almost universal style. The omission of the pronoun (the reading of B D P 0111vid 33 1739 1881 pc) seems to be the original wording of this salutation. As well, the intrinsic evidence also supports the shorter reading: If 2 Thessalonians is authentic, it was one of Paul’s earliest letters, and, if so, his stereotyped salutation was still in embryonic form (see discussion at 1 Thess 1:1). NA27 places the word in brackets, indicating some doubts as to its authenticity.
3 tn Grk “if in fact/since,” as a continuation of the preceding.
4 tn Grk “and for this reason.”
5 tn Grk “a working of error.”
