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Polyglot Bible: 2 Thessalonians: 2 Thessalonians 1

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This is a parallel-text scholarly edition of 2 Thessalonians 1:1–12, presenting the same passage simultaneously in three versions: the Greek New Testament (GNT), the King James Version with embedded Strong's Concordance numbers, and the Latin Vulgate. The passage is an epistolary opening from Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy to the church at Thessalonica, combining a greeting with a theologically dense argument. Paul praises the community's growing faith and mutual love, framing their endurance of persecution as evidence of God's righteous judgment — their suffering now demonstrates their worthiness for the coming kingdom. The passage culminates in an eschatological warning: Christ's return will bring rest to the afflicted and "everlasting destruction" on those who neither know God nor obey the gospel. The parallel-column format, with Strong's numbers embedded in the KJV column, marks this as a resource for word-level comparative study across Greek, English, and Latin — suited to students or scholars tracking translation decisions and lexical choices rather than readers seeking devotional or narrative engagement.

Polyglot Bible: 2 Thessalonians: 2 Thessalonians 1

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