2 Thessalonians 1:1-2
1The Letter of Paul Called Second ThessaloniansGreetings from Paul, Silvanus, and TimothyFrom ▼▼The Gk. lacks From
Paul, Silvanus, ▼▼I.e. Silas
and Timothy, to the church of the Thessalonians in union with God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.2Cor 1:19; 1Thes 1:1 2May grace and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ be yours!1Cor 1:3 1 Peter 1:3
3Our Hope and Joy Are in ChristBlessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! Because of his great mercy he has given us a new birth to an ever-living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the deadJohn 3:3, 5; 1Cor 15:20; 2Cor 1:3; Eph 1:3; 1Thes 4:14; Titus 3:5; James 1:18; 1Pet 3:211 John 4:10
10This is love: not that we have loved ▼▼Other mss. read we loved
God, but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the atoning sacrifice for our sins.John 15:16; Rom 5:8, 10; Titus 3:4; 1John 2:2 Revelation of John 1:5
5and from Jesus Christ, the witness, the faithful one, ▼▼Or Jesus Christ, the faithful witness
the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler over the kings of the earth. To the one who loves us and has freed ▼▼Other mss. read has washed
us from our sins by his bloodJohn 8:14; 13:34; 15:9; 1Cor 15:20; Gal 2:20; Eph 1:20; Col 1:18; 1Tim 6:13; Heb 9:14; 1John 1:7; Rev 3:14; 17:14; 19:16
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