³⁸ But if I do them, even though you do not believe me, believe the works, that you may know and understand that the Father is in me, and I in the Father.”^(A)

⁹ “As the Father has loved me,^(A) so have I loved you. Now remain in my love.

1 Paul, Silas^[a](A) and Timothy,^(B)

To the church of the Thessalonians^(C) in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ:

Grace and peace to you.^(D)

²³ No one who denies the Son has the Father; whoever acknowledges the Son has the Father also.^(A)

²⁴ As for you, see that what you have heard from the beginning^(B) remains in you. If it does, you also will remain in the Son and in the Father.^(C)