2 Thessalonians 1:3
Unceasing thanks are due from us to God on your behalf, brethren. They are appropriate because your faith is growing greatly, and the love of every one of you for all the others goes on increasing.
Weymouth NT (1912)
In The King James Version
In Context
2May grace and peace be granted to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Cross References
Luke 15:32We are bound to make merry and rejoice, for this brother of yours was dead and has come back to life, he was lost and has been found.'"
John 15:2Every branch in me--if it bears no fruit, He takes away; and every branch that bears fruit He prunes, that it may bear more fruit.
1 Corinthians 1:4I thank my God continually on your behalf for the grace of God bestowed on you in Christ Jesus--
Philippians 1:7And I am justified in having this confidence about you all, because, both during my imprisonment and when I stand up in defence of the Good News or to confirm its truth, I have you in my heart, sharers as you all are in the same grace as myself.
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 →