He who calls you is trustworthy, and he will in fact do this.

We know, brothers and sisters loved by God, that he has chosen you,

and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, Jesus our deliverer from the coming wrath.

He died for us so that whether we are alert or asleep we will come to life together with him.

Consequently the one who rejects this is not rejecting human authority but God, who gives his Holy Spirit to you.

so that your hearts are strengthened in holiness to be blameless before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints.

For who is our hope or joy or crown to boast of before our Lord Jesus at his coming? Is it not of course you?

But now Timothy has come to us from you and given us the good news of your faith and love and that you always think of us with affection and long to see us just as we also long to see you!

exhorting and encouraging you and insisting that you live in a way worthy of God who calls you to his own kingdom and his glory.

For God did not destine us for wrath but for gaining salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ.

We sent Timothy, our brother and fellow worker for God in the gospel of Christ, to strengthen you and encourage you about your faith,

but just as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, so we declare it, not to please people but God, who examines our hearts.