2 Thessalonians 1:11 (DBY)

Passage

To which end we also pray always for you, that our God may count you worthy of the calling, and fulfil all [the] good pleasure of [his] goodness and [the] work of faith with power,

Nearby Context

2 Thessalonians 1:9 who shall pay the penalty [of] everlasting destruction from [the] presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his might,

2 Thessalonians 1:10 when he shall have come to be glorified in his saints, and wondered at in all that have believed, (for our testimony to you has been believed,) in that day.

2 Thessalonians 1:11 To which end we also pray always for you, that our God may count you worthy of the calling, and fulfil all [the] good pleasure of [his] goodness and [the] work of faith with power,

2 Thessalonians 1:12 so 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 of [the] Lord Jesus Christ.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "faith", "pray", "always", "count", "worthy", "calling", "fulfil", and "good". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "faith" and "pray", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 10's "when he shall have come to be..." into verse 12's "so that the name of our Lord...", so "faith" and "pray" belong inside that flow. In 2 Thessalonians context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "faith" and "pray" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.