2 Thessalonians 1:2 (YLT)

Passage

Grace to you, and peace, from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ!

Nearby Context

2 Thessalonians 1:1 Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, to the assembly of Thessalonians in God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ:

2 Thessalonians 1:2 Grace to you, and peace, from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ!

2 Thessalonians 1:3 We ought to give thanks to God always for you, brethren, as it is meet, because increase greatly doth your faith, and abound doth the love of each one of you all, to one another;

2 Thessalonians 1:4 so that we ourselves do glory in you in the assemblies of God, for your endurance and faith in all your persecutions and tribulations that ye bear;

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "grace", "peace", "father", "lord", "jesus", 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 Silvanus and Timotheus to the..." into verse 3's "We ought to give thanks to God...", 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.