We are bound to always give thanks to God for you, brothers,{The word for "brothers" here and where context allows may also be correctly translated "brothers and sisters" or "siblings."} even as it is appropriate, because your faith grows exceedingly, and the love of each and every one of you towards one another abounds;
Commentators have frequently noted that Paul’s second letter to the Thessalonians is not as warm and affectionate as his first letter. For example, many of the emotions mentioned in the first letter are less frequent in the second. There are, however, exceptions; Paul addresses his readers as "brothers" as often in the second letter as in the first. The tone of 2 Thessalonians 1:3-12 is also as great as that of the first epistle.