1 Pablo, Silvano y Timoteo, a la iglesia de Tesalónica, unida a Dios nuestro Padre y al Señor Jesucristo: 2 Que Dios el Padre y el Señor Jesucristo les den a ustedes su favor y su paz. 3 Amados hermanos, debemos dar gracias a Dios por ustedes, como es justo, porque ha crecido mucho su fe y el amor mutuo sigue abundando. 4 Nos sentimos orgullosos al hablar a las demás iglesias de la paciencia y la fe que ustedes manifiestan, a pesar de los muchos problemas y dificultades por los que han estado atravesando. 5 Este es sólo un ejemplo de la justa manera en que Dios hace las cosas; él los considera dignos de su reino, por causa del cual padecen. 6 Dios, que es justo, hará sufrir a los que los están afligiendo. 7 A ustedes, los que ahora sufren, Dios les dará descanso, lo mismo que a nosotros. Esto será cuando el Señor Jesús venga del cielo entre llamas de fuego con sus poderosos ángeles 8 y castigue a los que no conocen a Dios ni obedecen el evangelio de nuestro Señor Jesús. 9 Esos sufrirán la pena de la destrucción eterna, alejados de la presencia del Señor y de la gloria de su poder. 10 Así será cuando venga en aquel día a recibir honra y admiración de su pueblo, de sus santos. Ustedes estarán entonces con él, porque creyeron el mensaje que les llevamos. 11 Por eso, oramos en todo tiempo que nuestro Dios los tenga por dignos de su llamamiento y les ayude con su poder a hacer el bien y a cumplir todo lo que realicen movidos por la fe. 12 De esta manera, el nombre de nuestro Señor Jesús será honrado por causa de ustedes, y él los honrará conforme al gran amor de nuestro Dios y Señor Jesucristo.
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Cross references (12)
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- 1 2 Corinthians 1:19; 1 Thessalonians 1:1–10; Acts 16:1
- 2 Romans 1:7; 1 Corinthians 1:3; 1 Corinthians 1:8
- 3 2 Peter 3:18; 2 Peter 1:5–10; Proverbs 4:18; Isaiah 40:29–31; Philippians 1:9
- 4 Hebrews 10:36; James 5:7–8; Hebrews 12:1–3; 2 Corinthians 7:14; 1 Thessalonians 2:14
- 5 Philippians 1:28; Acts 14:22; Revelation 19:2; Luke 20:35; Romans 8:17
- 6 Colossians 3:25; Zechariah 2:8; Deuteronomy 32:41–43; Exodus 23:22; Psalm 94:20–23
- 7 Revelation 14:13; Matthew 16:27; Jude 14–15; Revelation 22:16; Matthew 25:31
- 8 1 Peter 4:17; Hebrews 10:27; 2 Peter 3:7; Hebrews 10:30; 2 Peter 3:10–12
- 9 Matthew 25:41; Matthew 25:46; Revelation 14:10–11; Revelation 21:8; 2 Thessalonians 2:8
- 10 2 Timothy 4:8; 1 Corinthians 3:13; Ephesians 1:18; John 17:10; Isaiah 49:3
- 11 Philippians 2:13; Colossians 1:9–13; 1 Thessalonians 1:3; 2 Thessalonians 2:14; 1 Thessalonians 3:9–13
- 12 2 Thessalonians 1:10; 1 Peter 4:14; John 17:10; 2 Corinthians 13:4; Colossians 2:9–10
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The greater part of men do and devise all things with a view to ingratiate themselves with rulers, and with those who are greater than themselves; and they account it a great thing, and think themselves happy, if they can obtain that object.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 13 (1889)
… Jesus Christ: who shall also be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of His power; when He shall come to be glorified in His saints, and to be admired in all them who have believed in Him." Chapter XXVIII.--Those persons prove themselves senseless who exaggerate the mercy of Christ, but are silent …
… do valiantly, and, "My praise shall be continually of (en) thee;" and again, "In thy name will I rejoice." In Paul we read, "In God who created all things," and, "Paul and Silvanus and Timotheus unto the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father;" and "if now at length I might have a prosperous journey by (en) the will …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 8 (1895)
… "If, however, it is a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to them that trouble you, and to you that are troubled rest with us, at the revelation of the Lord Jesus from heaven, with His mighty angels, and in a flame of fire." Others again, speaking of Him as a judge, and [referring], as if it were a …
… shall the Son of Man also confess before the angels of God, but he that denieth Me before men shall be denied before the angels of God;" and Paul in another place says, "When the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his angels." Thus he already testifies before the angels, preparing good proofs for himself at the great …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 8 (1895)