2 Thessalonians 2:1

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Now as to the coming of the Lord Jesus Christ, and our meeting with him, it is our desire, my brothers,

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  • Mark 13:27 : 27 And then he will send out the angels, and will get together his saints from the four winds, from the farthest part of the earth to the farthest part of heaven.
  • Matt 24:31 : 31 And he will send out his angels with a great sound of a horn, and they will get his saints together from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
  • 1 Thess 4:14-17 : 14 For if we have faith that Jesus underwent death and came back again, even so those who are sleeping will come again with him by God's power. 15 For this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are still living at the coming of the Lord, will not go before those who are sleeping. 16 Because the Lord himself will come down from heaven with a word of authority, with the voice of the chief angel, with the sound of a horn: and the dead in Christ will come to life first; 17 Then we who are still living will be taken up together with them into the clouds to see the Lord in the air: and so will we be for ever with the Lord.
  • 2 Tim 4:1 : 1 I give you orders, before God and Christ Jesus, who will be the judge of the living and the dead, and by his revelation and his kingdom;
  • Matt 25:32 : 32 And before him all the nations will come together; and they will be parted one from another, as the sheep are parted from the goats by the keeper.
  • Rom 12:1 : 1 For this reason I make request to you, brothers, by the mercies of God, that you will give your bodies as a living offering, holy, pleasing to God, which is the worship it is right for you to give him.
  • Eph 1:10 : 10 The ordering of the times when they are complete, so that all things might come to a head in Christ, the things in heaven and the things on the earth; in him, I say,
  • 1 Thess 2:19 : 19 For what is our hope or joy or crown of glory? Are not even you, before our Lord Jesus, at his coming?
  • 1 Thess 3:13 : 13 So that your hearts may be strong and free from all sin before our God and Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints.
  • Gen 49:10 : 10 The rod of authority will not be taken from Judah, and he will not be without a law-giver, till he comes who has the right to it, and the peoples will put themselves under his rule.

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    2That you may not be moved in mind or troubled by a spirit, or by a word, or by a letter as from us, with the suggestion that the day of the Lord is even now come;

    3Give no belief to false words: because there will first be a falling away from the faith, and the revelation of the man of sin, the son of destruction,

  • 1 Thess 2:19-20
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    19For what is our hope or joy or crown of glory? Are not even you, before our Lord Jesus, at his coming?

    20For you are our glory and our joy.

  • 1 Cor 1:7-10
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    7So that having every grace you are living in the hope of the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ;

    8Who will give you strength to the end, to be free from all sin in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.

    9God is true, through whom you have been given a part with his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.

    10Now I make request to you, my brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you will all say the same thing, and that there may be no divisions among you, so that you may be in complete agreement, in the same mind and in the same opinion.

  • 2 Thess 2:14-17
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    14And in this purpose he gave you a part through the good news of which we were the preachers, even that you might have part in the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.

    15So then, brothers, be strong in purpose, and keep the teaching which has been given to you by word or by letter from us.

    16Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our Father who had love for us and has given us eternal comfort and good hope through grace,

    17Give you comfort and strength in every good work and word.

  • 1 Thess 4:1-2
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    1And last of all, the prayer which we make to you from our heart and in the name of the Lord Jesus, is this: that as we made clear to you what sort of behaviour is pleasing to God, as in fact you are doing now, so you will go on in these ways, but more and more.

    2Because you have in mind the orders we gave you through the Lord Jesus.

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    11Now may our God and Father himself and our Lord Jesus make a way for us to come to you;

    12And the Lord give you increase of love in fullest measure to one another and to all men, even as our love to you;

    13So that your hearts may be strong and free from all sin before our God and Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints.

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    4In the name of our Lord Jesus, when you have come together with my spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus,

  • 1 Thess 2:17
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    17But we, my brothers, being away from you for a short time, in body but not in heart, had all the more desire to see your face;

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    15For this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are still living at the coming of the Lord, will not go before those who are sleeping.

    16Because the Lord himself will come down from heaven with a word of authority, with the voice of the chief angel, with the sound of a horn: and the dead in Christ will come to life first;

    17Then we who are still living will be taken up together with them into the clouds to see the Lord in the air: and so will we be for ever with the Lord.

    18So then, give comfort to one another with these words.

  • 2 Thess 1:12
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    12So that glory may be given to the name of our Lord Jesus through you, and you may have glory in him, by the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.

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    1But about the times and their order, my brothers, there is no need for me to say anything to you.

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    1Paul and Silvanus and Timothy, to the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ:

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    1My loved ones, this is now my second letter to you, and in this as in the first, I am attempting to keep your true minds awake;

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    5And may your hearts be guided by the Lord into the love of God and quiet waiting for Christ.

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    19I make this request more strongly, in the hope of coming back to you more quickly.

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    2Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

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    6But now that Timothy has come to us from you, and has given us good news of your faith and love, and that you have happy memories of us, desiring greatly to see us, even as we do to see you;

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    4But you, my brothers, are not in the dark, for that day to overtake you like a thief:

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    7And to you who are troubled, rest with us, when the Lord Jesus comes from heaven with the angels of his power in flames of fire,