KJV King James Version
Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, unto the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ:
VERSE STUDY • KJV
2 Thessalonians 1:1
Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, unto the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ:
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy, To the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ:
WEB World English Bible
Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy, to the assembly of the Thessalonians in God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ:
ASV American Standard Version
Paul, and Silvanus, and Timothy, unto the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ;
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, to the assembly of Thessalonians in God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ:
Surrounding context — 2 Thessalonians 1
1 Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, unto the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ:
2 Grace unto you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
3 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;
4 So that we ourselves glory in you in the churches of God for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and tribulations that ye endure:
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ΠαῦλοςG3972 · PaulosPaulκαὶG2532 · kaiandΣιλουανὸςG4610 · SilouanosSilvanusκαὶG2532 · kaiandΤιμόθεοςG5095 · TimotheosTimothyτῇG3588 · hothe/this/whoἐκκλησίᾳG1577 · ekklēsiaassemblyΘεσσαλονικέωνG2331 · ThessalonikeusThessalonianἐνG1722 · enin/on/amongθεῷG2316 · theosGodπατρὶG3962 · patērfatherἡμῶνG3165 · memeκαὶG2532 · kaiandκυρίῳG2962 · kurioslord: GodἸησοῦG2424 · IēsousJesusΧριστῷ·G5547 · ChristosChrist
Cross-references
2 Corinthians 1:19For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among you by us, [even] by me and Silvanus and Timotheus, was not yea and nay, but in him was yea.1 Thessalonians 1:1-10Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, unto the church of the Thessalonians [which is] in God the Father and [in] the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace [be] unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.Acts 16:1Then came he to Derbe and Lystra: and, behold, a certain disciple was there, named Timotheus, the son of a certain woman, which was a Jewess, and believed; but his father [was] a Greek:
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