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2 Thessalonians · chapter 1 · verse 11
Wherefore also we pray always for you, that our God would count you worthy of this calling, and fulfil all the good pleasure of his goodness, and the work of faith with power:2 Thessalonians 1:11 · King James Version
2 Thessalonians 1:11 in context
9Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power;
10When he shall come to be glorified in his saints, and to be admired in all them that believe (because our testimony among you was believed) in that day.
11Wherefore also we pray always for you, that our God would count you worthy of this calling, and fulfil all the good pleasure of his goodness, and the work of faith with power:
12That the name of our Lord Jesus Christ may be glorified in you, and ye in him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.
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Key words (Strong's)
- pleasureeudokiawill, choice, good will, kindly intent, benevolence, delight, pleasure, satisfaction…G2107 →
- goodnessagathōsynēuprightness of heart and life, goodness, kindnessG19 →
- callingklēsisa calling, calling to, a call, invitation, to a feast, of the divine invitation to…G2821 →
- alwayspantoteat all times, always, everG3842 →
- fulfilplēroōto make full, to fill upG4137 →
- countaxioōto think meet, fit, right, to judge worthy, deem, deservingG515 →
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In these verses the apostle again tells the Thessalonians of his earnest and constant prayer for them. He could not be present with them, yet he had a constant remembrance of them; they were much upon his thoughts;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 11-12