2Th 1:1-2, 1Pe 1:3, 1Jo 4:10, Rev 1:5 | ISV | STEP | The Letter of Paul Called Second Thessalonians Greetings from Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy From Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy, to the church of the Thessalonians in union with God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

2 Thessalonians 1:1-2

1 The Letter of Paul Called Second ThessaloniansGreetings from Paul, Silvanus, and TimothyFrom ^{▼▼The Gk. lacks From} Paul, Silvanus, ^{▼▼I.e. Silas} and Timothy, to the church of the Thessalonians in union with God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.2Cor 1:19; 1Thes 1:1 2 May grace and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ be yours!1Cor 1:3

1 Peter 1:3

3 Our Hope and Joy Are in ChristBlessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! Because of his great mercy he has given us a new birth to an ever-living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the deadJohn 3:3, 5; 1Cor 15:20; 2Cor 1:3; Eph 1:3; 1Thes 4:14; Titus 3:5; James 1:18; 1Pet 3:21

1 John 4:10

10 This is love: not that we have loved ^{▼▼Other mss. read we loved} God, but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the atoning sacrifice for our sins.John 15:16; Rom 5:8, 10; Titus 3:4; 1John 2:2

Revelation of John 1:5

5 and from Jesus Christ, the witness, the faithful one, ^{▼▼Or Jesus Christ, the faithful witness} the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler over the kings of the earth. To the one who loves us and has freed ^{▼▼Other mss. read has washed} us from our sins by his bloodJohn 8:14; 13:34; 15:9; 1Cor 15:20; Gal 2:20; Eph 1:20; Col 1:18; 1Tim 6:13; Heb 9:14; 1John 1:7; Rev 3:14; 17:14; 19:16