2 THESSALONIANS 1:12 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“That 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.”
So that the name of our Lord Jesus may be glorified in you, and you in him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ — the ultimate telos is mutual glorification (doxazō): Christ in the believers and the believers in Christ. Grace (charis) alone makes this reciprocal exaltation possible.
Church Fathers on 2 Thessalonians 1:12
He spoke there of glory, he speaks of it also here. He said, that they are glorified, so that they might even boast. He said, what was much more, that they also glorify God. He said, that they will receive that glory. But here too he means; For the Master being glorified, the servants also are glorified. For those who glorify their Master, are much more glorified themselves, both by that very thing, and apart from it. For tribulation for the sake of Christ is glory, and that…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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