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Speaker 1: Well, good morning, friends and faith listeners. This is Jen

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Speaker 1: with the Bible Explained podcast. We are going to be

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Speaker 1: doing part two of Second Thessalonians chapter one today, talking

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Speaker 1: look like. Stay tuned. So I hope you guys have

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Speaker 1: had a good start to your week so far. Let's

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Speaker 1: go ahead and turn in our bibles to Second Thessalonians

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Speaker 1: chapter one. I'll be reading this chapter as usual from

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Speaker 1: the web Paul, Sylvanus and Timothy to the assembly of

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Speaker 1: the Thessalonians. In God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ,

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Speaker 1: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and

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Speaker 1: the Lord Jesus Christ. We are bound to always give

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Speaker 1: thanks to God for you, brothers, even as it is appropriate,

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Speaker 1: because your faith grows exceedingly, and the love of each

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Speaker 1: and every one of you toward one another abounds, so

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Speaker 1: that we ourselves boast about you in the assemblies of

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Speaker 1: God for your perseverance and faith in all your persecutions

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Speaker 1: and in the afflictions which you endure. This is an

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Speaker 1: obvious sign of the righteous judgment of God, to the

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Speaker 1: For which you also suffer, for it is a righteous

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Speaker 1: afflicted with us, when the Lord Jesus is revealed from

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Speaker 1: our testimony to you was believed to this end. We

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Speaker 1: also pray always for you that Our God may count

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Speaker 1: of our Lord Jesus may be glorified in you and

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Speaker 1: and the Lord Jesus Christ. Last week we talked about

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Speaker 1: the reason Paul wrote this letter is because it's very

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