2 Thessalonians 1:3

Friends, it is our duty always to thank God about you, as is but right, considering the wonderful growth of your faith, and because, without exception, your love for one another is continually increasing.

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In The King James Version

We are bound to thank God always for you, brethren, as it is meet, because that your faith groweth exceedingly, and the charity of every one of you all toward each other aboundeth;

In Context

2May God, the Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ bless you and give you peace.

4So much is this the case that we ourselves speak with pride, before the churches of God, of the patience and faith which you have shown, in spite of all the persecutions and troubles that you are enduring.

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Cross References

Psalms 84:7From rampart to rampart on they march, till at last God reveals himself in Zion.

Luke 15:32But how could we not celebrate and rejoice? Here is your brother who was dead and is alive, who was lost and is found.’”

John 15:2Any unfruitful branch in me he takes away, and he cleanses every fruitful branch, so that it may bear more fruit.

1 Corinthians 1:4I always thank God for you. I thank him for the blessing bestowed on you in Christ Jesus.

Philippians 1:7And, indeed, I am justified in feeling like this about you all; because you have a warm place in my heart – you who all, both in my imprisonment and in the work of defending and establishing the good news, shared my privilege with me.

Matthew Henry on 2 Thessalonians 1:2-5

Second Thessalonians This Second Epistle was written soon after the former, and seems to have been designed to prevent a mistake, which might arise from some passages in the former epistle, concerning the second coming of Christ, as if it were near at hand. The apostle in this epistle is careful to prevent any wrong use which some among them might make of those expressions of his that were agreeable to the dialect of the prophets of the Old Testament, and informs them that there were many intermediate counsels yet… Read the whole commentary →

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