2 THESSALONIANS 1:3 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“We are bound to thank God always for you, brethren, as it is meet, because that your faith groweth exceedingly, and the charity of every one of you all toward each other aboundeth;”
We ought always to give thanks to God for you, brothers, as is right, because your faith is growing abundantly and the love of every one of you for one another is increasing — thanksgiving (eucharistia) is obligatory ('ought always') because the Thessalonians' faith exhibits exponential growth (auxanō, perisseuō). Love is not abstract but concrete, directed toward 'every one of you.'
Church Fathers on 2 Thessalonians 1:3
Again a sign of great humility. For he led them to reflect and consider, that if for our good actions others do not admire us first, but God, much more also ought we. And in other respects too he raises up their spirits, because they suffer such things as are not worthy of tears and lamentations, but of thanksgiving to God. But if Paul is thankful for the good of others, what will they suffer, who not only are not thankful, but even pine at it. And how, you say, can faith…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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