2 Thessalonians
Chapter 1
1 Paul, Silvanus,
and Timothy, To the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord
Jesus Christ: 2 Grace to you and peace
from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. 3 We
must always give thanks to God for you, brothers and sisters, as is right,
because your faith is growing abundantly, and the love of everyone of you for
one another is increasing. 4 Therefore we
ourselves boast of you among the churches of God for your steadfastness and
faith during all your persecutions and the afflictions that you are enduring.
5 This is evidence
of the righteous judgment of God, and is intended to make you worthy of the
kingdom of God, for which you are also suffering. 6 For
it is indeed just of God to repay with affliction those who afflict you, 7 and to give relief to the afflicted as
well as to us, when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with his mighty
angels 8 in flaming fire, inflicting
vengeance on those who do not know God and on those who do not obey the gospel
of our Lord Jesus. 9 These will suffer
the punishment of eternal destruction, separated from the presence of the Lord
and from the glory of his might, 10 when
he comes to be glorified by his saints and to be marveled at on that day among
all who have believed, because our testimony to you was believed.
11 To this end we
always pray for you, asking that our God will make you worthy of his call and
will fulfill by his power every good resolve and work of faith, 12 so
that the name of our Lord Jesus may be glorified in you, and you in him,
according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Chapter 2
1 As to the coming
of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered together to him, we beg you,
brothers and sisters, 2 not to be quickly
shaken in mind or alarmed, either by spirit or by word or by letter, as though
from us, to the effect that the day of the Lord is already here.
3 Let no one deceive
you in any way; for that day will not come unless the rebellion comes first and
the lawless one is revealed, the one destined for destruction. 4 He
opposes and exalts himself above every so-called god or object of worship, so
that he takes his seat in the temple of God, declaring himself to be God. 5 Do you not remember that I told you these
things when I was still with you? 6 And
you know what is now restraining him, so that he may be revealed when his time
comes. 7 For the mystery of lawlessness
is already at work, but only until the one who now restrains it is removed. 8 And then the lawless one will be revealed,
whom the Lord Jesus will destroy with the breath of his mouth, annihilating him
by the manifestation of his coming. 9 The
coming of the lawless one is apparent in the working of Satan, who uses all
power, signs, lying wonders, 10 and
every kind of wicked deception for those who are perishing, because they
refused to love the truth and so be saved. 11 For
this reason God sends them a powerful delusion, leading them to believe what is
false, 12 so that all who have not
believed the truth but took pleasure in unrighteousness will be condemned.
13 But we must always
give thanks to God for you, brothers and sisters beloved by the Lord, because
God chose you as the first fruits for salvation through sanctification by the
Spirit and through belief in the truth. 14 For
this purpose he called you through our proclamation of the good news, so that
you may obtain the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. 15 So
then, brothers and sisters, stand firm and hold fast to the traditions that you
were taught by us, either by word of mouth or by our letter.
16 Now may our Lord
Jesus Christ himself and God our Father, who loved us and through grace gave us
eternal comfort and good hope, 17 comfort
your hearts and strengthen them in every good work and word.
Chapter 3
1 Finally, brothers
and sisters, pray for us, so that the word of the Lord may spread rapidly and
be glorified everywhere, just as it is among you, 2 and
that we may be rescued from wicked and evil people; for not all have faith. 3 But the Lord is faithful; he will
strengthen you and guard you from the evil one. 4 And
we have confidence in the Lord concerning you, that you are doing and will go
on doing the things that we command. 5 May
the Lord direct your hearts to the love of God and to the steadfastness of
Christ.
6 Now we command
you, beloved, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to keep away from believers
who are living in idleness and not according to the tradition that they
received from us. 7 For you yourselves
know how you ought to imitate us; we were not idle when we were with you, 8 and we did not eat anyone's bread without
paying for it; but with toil and labor we worked night and day, so that we
might not burden any of you. 9 This was
not because we do not have that right, but in order to give you an example to
imitate. 10 For even when we were with
you, we gave you this command: Anyone unwilling to work should not eat. 11 For we hear that some of you are living
in idleness, mere busybodies, not doing any work. 12 Now
such persons we command and exhort in the Lord Jesus Christ to do their work
quietly and to earn their own living. 13 Brothers
and sisters, do not be weary in doing what is right. 14 Take
note of those who do not obey what we say in this letter; have nothing to do
with them, so that they may be ashamed. 15 Do
not regard them as enemies, but warn them as believers.
16 Now may the Lord
of peace himself give you peace at all times in all ways. The Lord be with all
of you. 17 I, Paul, write this greeting
with my own hand. This is the mark in every letter of mine; it is the way I
write. 18 The grace of our Lord Jesus
Christ be with all of you.
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