2 Thessalonians 1:11-12

“Wherefore also we pray always for you, that our God would count you worthy of this calling, and fulfil all the good pleasure of his goodness, and the work of faith with power: That the name of our Lord Jesus Christ may be glorified in you, and ye in him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.”

"Wherefore also we pray always for you, that our God would count you worthy of this calling, and fulfil all the good pleasure of his goodness, and the work of faith with power: That the name of our Lord Jesus Christ may be glorified in you, and ye in him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ." - 2 Thessalonians 1:11-12
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2 Thessalonians 1:11-12 (KJV) states: "Wherefore also we pray always for you, that our God would count you worthy of this calling, and fulfill all the good pleasure of his goodness, and the work of faith with power: That the name of our Lord Jesus Christ may be glorified in you…

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2 Thessalonians 1:11-12 - "With this in mind, we constantly pray for you, that our God may make you worthy of his calling, and that by his power he may bring to fruition your every desire for goodness and your every deed prompted by faith. We pray this so that the name of our Lord Jesus may be glorified in you, and you in him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ."
2 Thessalonians 1:7-9
2 Thessalonians 1:2 - "Grace unto you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ."
2 Thessalonians 1:1 - "Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, unto the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ:"
"Grace unto you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ." - 2 Thessalonians 1:2
2 Thessalonians 1:11 - "Wherefore also we pray always for you, that our God would count you worthy of this calling, and fulfil all the good pleasure of his goodness, and the work of faith with power:"
1 Thessalonians 2:12 - "That ye would walk worthy of God, who hath called you unto his kingdom and glory."
1 Thessalonians 2:11 - "As ye know how we exhorted and comforted and charged every one of you, as a father doth his children,"
2 Thessalonians 1:12 - "That the name of our Lord Jesus Christ may be glorified in you, and ye in him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ."
2 Thessalonians 2:11 - "And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:"
"Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, unto the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ:" - 2 Thessalonians 1:1
2 Thessalonians 3:11 - "For we hear that there are some which walk among you disorderly, working not at all, but are busybodies."
1 Thessalonians 4:11-12 - "and to make it your ambition to lead a quiet life: You should mind your own business and work with your hands, just as we told you, so that your daily life may win the respect of outsiders and so that you will not be dependent on anybody."
"Wherefore also we pray always for you, that our God would count you worthy of this calling, and fulfil all the good pleasure of his goodness, and the work of faith with power:" - 2 Thessalonians 1:11
1 Thessalonians 2:20 - "For ye are our glory and joy."
1 Thessalonians 5:11 - "Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also ye do."
2 Thessalonians 1:6 - "Seeing it is a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to them that trouble you;"
2 Thessalonians 1:7 - "And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels,"
1 Thessalonians 2:1 - "For yourselves, brethren, know our entrance in unto you, that it was not in vain:"
1 Thessalonians 4:12 - "That ye may walk honestly toward them that are without, and that ye may have lack of nothing."
2 Thessalonians 3:12 - "Now them that are such we command and exhort by our Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread."
1 Thessalonians 1:2 - "We give thanks to God always for you all, making mention of you in our prayers;"
1 Thessalonians 4:11 - "And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you;"
1 Thessalonians 3:11 - "Now God himself and our Father, and our Lord Jesus Christ, direct our way unto you."
2 Thessalonians 1:5 - "Which is a manifest token of the righteous judgment of God, that ye may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which ye also suffer:"
2 Thessalonians 1:9 - "Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power;"
1 Thessalonians 2:3 - "For our exhortation was not of deceit, nor of uncleanness, nor in guile:"
"That ye would walk worthy of God, who hath called you unto his kingdom and glory." - 1 Thessalonians 2:12
"That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness." - 2 Thessalonians 2:12