2 Thessalonians 2:17

2:17 encourage your hearts and strengthen you ¹  in every good thing you do or say. ² 

2 Thessalonians 1:11

1:11 And in this regard we pray for you always, that our God will make you worthy of his calling ³  and fulfill by his power your every desire for goodness and every work of faith,

2 Thessalonians 2:16

2:16 Now may our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father, who loved us and by grace gave us eternal comfort and good hope,

2 Thessalonians 3:13

3:13 But you, brothers and sisters, ⁴  do not grow weary in doing what is right.

2 Thessalonians 2:14

2:14 He called you to this salvation ⁵  through our gospel, so that you may possess the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. ⁶ 

2 Thessalonians 1:8

1:8 With flaming fire he will mete out ⁷  punishment on those who do not know God ⁸  and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.

¹ tn Grk simply “strengthen,” with the object understood from the preceding.

² tn Grk “every good work and word.”

³ tn Or “your calling.”

⁵ tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:3.

⁷ tn Grk “to which,” referring to the main idea of v. 13.

⁸ sn That you may possess the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. For Paul the ultimate stage of salvation is glorification (Rom 8:30).

⁹ tn Grk “meting out,” as a description of Jesus Christ in v. 7. Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started at the beginning of v. 8 in the translation.

¹⁰ sn An allusion to Jer 10:25, possibly also to Ps 79:6 and Isa 66:15.