Salutation

11 Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, unto the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ:

Other Translations of 2 Thessalonians 1:1

New International Version

Salutation

11 Paul, SilasGreek "Silvanus" , a variant of "Silas" and Timothy, To the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ:

English Standard Version

Salutation

11 Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy, To the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ:

The Message

Salutation

11 I, Paul, together with Silas and Timothy, greet the church of the Thessalonian Christians in the name of God our Father and our Master, Jesus Christ.

New King James Version

Salutation

11 Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy, To the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ:

New Living Translation

Salutation

11 This letter is from Paul, Silas, and Timothy. We are writing to the church in Thessalonica, to you who belong to God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

Matthew Henry's Commentary on 2 Thessalonians 1:1

Commentary on 2 Thessalonians 1:1-4

(Read 2 Thessalonians 1:1-4)

Where there is the truth of grace, there will be an increase of it. The path of the just is as the shining light, which shines more and more unto the perfect day. And where there is the increase of grace, God must have all the glory. Where faith grows, love will abound, for faith works by love. It shows faith and patience, such as may be proposed as a pattern for others, when trials from God, and persecutions from men, quicken the exercise of those graces; for the patience and faith of which the apostle gloried, bore them up, and enabled them to endure all their tribulations.