2 Thessalonians 1:2 (GNV)

Passage

Grace be with you, and peace from God our Father, and from the Lord Iesus Christ.

Nearby Context

2 Thessalonians 1:1 Paul and Siluanus, and Timotheus, vnto the Church of the Thessalonians, which is in God our Father, and in the Lord Iesus Christ:

2 Thessalonians 1:2 Grace be with you, and peace from God our Father, and from the Lord Iesus Christ.

2 Thessalonians 1:3 We ought to thanke God alwayes for you, brethren, as it is meete, because that your faith groweth exceedingly, and the loue of euery one of you toward another, aboundeth,

2 Thessalonians 1:4 So that we our selues reioyce of you in the Churches of God, because of your patience and faith in al your persecutions and tribulatios that ye suffer,

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "grace", "peace", "father", "lord", "iesus", and "christ". It is saying that salvation is received as God's gift through faith, so boasting is pushed out by the wording itself.

The nearby context moves from verse 1's "Paul and Siluanus and Timotheus vnto the..." into verse 3's "We ought to thanke God alwayes for...", so "grace" and "peace" 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 "grace" and "peace" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.