2 Thessalonians 1:2
King James Version
“Grace unto you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.”
Context
1Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, unto the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ:
2Grace unto you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
3We 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;
4So 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:
5a manifest token of the righteous judgment of God, that ye may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which ye also suffer: