2 Thessalonians 1:2

1:2 Grace and peace to you ¹  from God the ²  Father and the Lord Jesus Christ!

2 Thessalonians 2:17

2:17 encourage your hearts and strengthen you ³  in every good thing you do or say. ⁴ 

2 Thessalonians 3:2

3:2 and that we may be delivered from perverse and evil people. For not all have faith.

¹ tn Grk “Grace to you and peace.”

² tc ‡ Most witnesses (א A F G I 0278 Ï lat sy sa) have ἡμῶν (Jhmwn) after πατρός (patros), reading “God our Father,” in apparent emulation of Paul’s almost universal style. The omission of the pronoun (the reading of B D P 0111^vid 33 1739 1881 pc) seems to be the original wording of this salutation. As well, the intrinsic evidence also supports the shorter reading: If 2 Thessalonians is authentic, it was one of Paul’s earliest letters, and, if so, his stereotyped salutation was still in embryonic form (see discussion at 1 Thess 1:1). NA²⁷ places the word in brackets, indicating some doubts as to its authenticity.

³ tn Grk simply “strengthen,” with the object understood from the preceding.

⁴ tn Grk “every good work and word.”