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2 Thessalonians 2

2 Thess. 2:16 KJV (With Strong’s)

Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God, even our Father, whichd hath loved us, and hath given us everlasting consolation and good hopef through grace,

John 13:1• ¹Now before the feast of the passover, Jesus, knowing that his hour had come that he should depart out of this world to the Father, having loved his own who were in the world, loved them to the end. (John 13:1)

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Rev. 1:5• ⁵and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. To him who loves us, and has washed us from our sins in his blood, (Rev. 1:5)

1 Peter 1:3• ³Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who, according to his great mercy, has begotten us again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from among the dead, (1 Peter 1:3)

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Cross References

our Lord.

2 Thess. 1:1‑2• ¹Paul and Silvanus and Timotheus to the assembly of Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
²Grace to you, and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ. (2 Thess. 1:1‑2)

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Rom. 1:7• ⁷to all that are in Rome, beloved of God, called saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ. (Rom. 1:7)

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1 Thess. 3:11• ¹¹But our God and Father himself, and our Lord Jesus, direct our way to you. (1 Thess. 3:11)

which.

2 Thess. 2:13• ¹³But we ought to give thanks to God always for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, that God has chosen you from the beginning to salvation in sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth: (2 Thess. 2:13)

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John 3:16• ¹⁶For God so loved the world, that he gave his only-begotten Son, that whosoever believes on him may not perish, but have life eternal. (John 3:16)

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John 15:9,13• ⁹As the Father has loved me, I also have loved you: abide in my love.
¹³No one has greater love than this, that one should lay down his life for his friends. (John 15:9,13)

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Rom. 5:8• ⁸but God commends *his* love to us, in that, we being still sinners, Christ has died for us. (Rom. 5:8)

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Eph. 2:4‑5• ⁴but God, being rich in mercy, because of his great love wherewith he loved us,
⁵(we too being dead in offences,) has quickened us with the Christ, (ye are saved by grace,) (Eph. 2:4‑5)

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Eph. 5:2,25• ²and walk in love, even as the Christ loved us, and delivered himself up for us, an offering and sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling savour.
²⁵Husbands, love your own wives, even as the Christ also loved the assembly, and has delivered himself up for it, (Eph. 5:2,25)

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Titus 3:4‑7• ⁴But when the kindness and love to man of our Saviour God appeared,
⁵not on the principle of works which have been done in righteousness which *we* had done, but according to his own mercy he saved us through the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit,
⁶which he poured out on us richly through Jesus Christ our Saviour;
⁷that, having been justified by *his* grace, we should become heirs according to the hope of eternal life. (Titus 3:4‑7)

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1 John 3:16• ¹⁶Hereby we have known love, because *he* has laid down his life for us; and *we* ought for the brethren to lay down our lives. (1 John 3:16)

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1 John 4:9‑10• ⁹Herein as to us has been manifested the love of God, that God has sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him.
¹⁰Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son a propitiation for our sins. (1 John 4:9‑10)

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Rev. 3:9• ⁹Behold, I make them of the synagogue of Satan who say that they are Jews, and are not, but lie; behold, I will cause that they shall come and shall do homage before thy feet, and shall know that *I* have loved thee. (Rev. 3:9)

everlasting.

Psa. 103:17• ¹⁷But the loving-kindness of Jehovah is from everlasting and to everlasting, upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children's children, (Psa. 103:17)

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Isa. 35:10• ¹⁰And the ransomed of Jehovah shall return, and come to Zion with singing; and everlasting joy shall be upon their heads: they shall obtain gladness and joy, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away. (Isa. 35:10)

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Isa. 51:11• ¹¹So the ransomed of Jehovah shall return, and come to Zion with singing; and everlasting joy shall be upon their heads: they shall obtain gladness and joy; sorrow and sighing shall flee away. (Isa. 51:11)

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Isa. 60:19‑20• ¹⁹The sun shall be no more thy light by day, neither for brightness shall the moon give light unto thee; but Jehovah shall be thine everlasting light, and thy God thy glory.
²⁰Thy sun shall no more go down, neither shall thy moon withdraw itself; for Jehovah shall be thine everlasting light, and the days of thy mourning shall be ended. (Isa. 60:19‑20)

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Isa. 61:7• ⁷Instead of your shame ye shall have double; instead of confusion they shall celebrate with joy their portion: therefore in their land they shall possess the double; everlasting joy shall be unto them. (Isa. 61:7)

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Luke 16:25• ²⁵But Abraham said, Child, recollect that *thou* hast fully received thy good things in thy lifetime, and likewise Lazarus evil things. But now he is comforted here, and *thou* art in suffering. (Luke 16:25)

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John 4:14• ¹⁴but whosoever drinks of the water which I shall give him shall never thirst for ever, but the water which I shall give him shall become in him a fountain of water, springing up into eternal life. (John 4:14)

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John 14:16‑18• ¹⁶And I will beg the Father, and he will give you another Comforter, that he may be with you for ever,
¹⁷the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it does not see him nor know him; but ye know him, for he abides with you, and shall be in you.
¹⁸I will not leave you orphans, I am coming to you. (John 14:16‑18)

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John 16:22• ²²And ye now therefore have grief; but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no one takes from you. (John 16:22)

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2 Cor. 4:17‑18• ¹⁷For our momentary and light affliction works for us in surpassing measure an eternal weight of glory;
¹⁸while we look not at the things that are seen, but at the things that are not seen; for the things that are seen are for a time, but those that are not seen eternal. (2 Cor. 4:17‑18)

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Heb. 6:18• ¹⁸that by two unchangeable things, in which it was impossible that God should lie, we might have a strong encouragement, who have fled for refuge to lay hold on the hope set before us, (Heb. 6:18)

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1 Peter 1:5‑8• ⁵who are kept guarded by the power of God through faith for salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
⁶Wherein ye exult, for a little while at present, if needed, put to grief by various trials,
⁷that the proving of your faith, much more precious than of gold which perishes, though it be proved by fire, be found to praise and glory and honour in the revelation of Jesus Christ:
⁸whom, having not seen, ye love; on whom though not now looking, but believing, ye exult with joy unspeakable and filled with the glory, (1 Peter 1:5‑8)

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Rev. 7:16‑17• ¹⁶They shall not hunger any more, neither shall they thirst any more, nor shall the sun at all fall on them, nor any burning heat;
¹⁷because the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall shepherd them, and shall lead them to fountains of waters of life, and God shall wipe away every tear from their eyes. (Rev. 7:16‑17)

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Rev. 22:5• ⁵And night shall not be any more, and no need of a lamp, and light of the sun; for the Lord God shall shine upon them, and they shall reign to the ages of ages. (Rev. 22:5)

good.

Rom. 5:2‑5• ²by whom we have also access by faith into this favour in which we stand, and we boast in hope of the glory of God.
³And not only that, but we also boast in tribulations, knowing that tribulation works endurance;
⁴and endurance, experience; and experience, hope;
⁵and hope does not make ashamed, because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Spirit which has been given to us: (Rom. 5:2‑5)

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Rom. 8:24‑25• ²⁴For we have been saved in hope; but hope seen is not hope; for what any one sees, why does he also hope?
²⁵But if what we see not we hope, we expect in patience. (Rom. 8:24‑25)

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Col. 1:5,23• ⁵on account of the hope which is laid up for you in the heavens; of which ye heard before in the word of the truth of the glad tidings,
²³if indeed ye abide in the faith founded and firm, and not moved away from the hope of the glad tidings, which ye have heard, which have been proclaimed in the whole creation which is under heaven, of which *I* Paul became minister. (Col. 1:5,23)

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1 Thess. 1:3• ³remembering unceasingly your work of faith, and labour of love, and enduring constancy of hope, of our Lord Jesus Christ, before our God and Father; (1 Thess. 1:3)

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Titus 1:2• ²in the hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before the ages of time, (Titus 1:2)

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Titus 2:13• ¹³awaiting the blessed hope and appearing of the glory of our great God and Saviour Jesus Christ; (Titus 2:13)

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Heb. 6:11• ¹¹But we desire earnestly that each one of you shew the same diligence to the full assurance of hope unto the end; (Heb. 6:11)

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Heb. 6:12,19• ¹²that ye be not sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and patience have been inheritors of the promises.
¹⁹which we have as anchor of the soul, both secure and firm, and entering into that within the veil, (Heb. 6:12,19)

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Heb. 7:19• ¹⁹(for the law perfected nothing,) and the introduction of a better hope by which we draw nigh to God. (Heb. 7:19)

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1 Peter 1:3‑5• ³Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who, according to his great mercy, has begotten us again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from among the dead,
⁴to an incorruptible and undefiled and unfading inheritance, reserved in the heavens for you,
⁵who are kept guarded by the power of God through faith for salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. (1 Peter 1:3‑5)

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1 John 3:2‑3• ²Beloved, now are we children of God, and what we shall be has not yet been manifested; we know that if it is manifested we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is.
³And every one that has this hope in him purifies himself, even as *he* is pure. (1 John 3:2‑3)

through.

Acts 15:11• ¹¹But we believe that we shall be saved by the grace of the Lord Jesus, in the same manner as they also. (Acts 15:11)

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Acts 18:27• ²⁷And when he purposed to go into Achaia, the brethren wrote to the disciples engaging them to receive him, who, being come, contributed much to those who believed through grace. (Acts 18:27)

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Rom. 4:4,16• ⁴Now to him that works the reward is not reckoned as of grace, but of debt:
¹⁶Therefore it is on the principle of faith, that it might be according to grace, in order to the promise being sure to all the seed, not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of Abraham's faith, who is father of us all, (Rom. 4:4,16)

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Rom. 5:2• ²by whom we have also access by faith into this favour in which we stand, and we boast in hope of the glory of God. (Rom. 5:2)

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Rom. 11:5‑6• ⁵Thus, then, in the present time also there has been a remnant according to election of grace.
⁶But if by grace, no longer of works: since otherwise grace is no more grace. (Rom. 11:5‑6)

J. N. Darby Translation

But our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and our God and Father, who has loved us, and given us eternal consolationk and good hope by grace,

JND Translation Notes

As 2 Cor. 1.4.

W. Kelly Translation

But our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our Father, that loved us and gave everlasting encouragement and good hope through grace,