帖撒羅尼迦後書1:3-5

1:3 弟兄們，我們該為你們常常感謝上帝，這本是合宜的；因你們的信心格外增長，並且你們眾人彼此相愛的心也都充足。

1:4 甚至我們在上帝的各教會裡為你們誇口，都因你們在所受的一切逼迫患難中，仍舊存忍耐和信心。

1:5 這正是上帝公義判斷的明證，叫你們可算配得上帝的國；你們就是為這國受苦。

We ought always to thank God for you, brothers and sisters, and rightly so, because your faith is growing more and more, and the love all of you have for one another is increasing. Therefore, among God’s churches we boast about your perseverance and faith in all the persecutions and trials you are enduring.

All this is evidence that God’s judgment is right, and as a result you will be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which you are suffering.

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    在這裡又提到基督徒生活的三要素：信、望、愛。

    因著這三要素，使基督徒可以為上帝國的榮耀而受苦，完成上帝所賦之使命。