II Thessalonians….
1:1Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy, to the
assembly of the Thessalonians in God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ: 1:2Grace to you and
peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
1:3We are bound to always give thanks to God
for you, brothers,
even as it is appropriate, because your faith grows exceedingly, and the love
of each and every one of you towards one another abounds; 1:4so that we ourselves boast about you
in the assemblies of God for your patience and faith in all your persecutions
and in the afflictions which you endure. 1:5This is an obvious sign of the
righteous judgment of God, to the end that you may be counted worthy of the
Kingdom of God, for which you also suffer. 1:6Since it is a righteous thing with God
to repay affliction to those who afflict you, 1:7and to give relief to you that are
afflicted with us, when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with his
mighty angels in flaming fire, 1:8giving
vengeance to those who don't know God, and to those who don't obey the Gospel
of our Lord Jesus, 1:9who
will pay the penalty: eternal destruction from the face of the Lord and from
the glory of his might, 1:10when
he comes to be glorified in his saints, and to be admired among all those who
have believed (because our testimony to you was believed) in that day.
1:11To this end we also pray always for you,
that our God may count you worthy of your calling, and fulfill every desire
of goodness and work of faith, with power; 1:12that 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.
2:1Now, brothers, concerning the coming of
our Lord Jesus Christ, and our gathering together to him, we ask you 2:2not to be quickly
shaken in your mind, nor yet be troubled, either by spirit, or by word, or by
letter as from us, saying that the day of Christ had come. 2:3Let no one deceive you in any way. For
it will not be, unless the departure comes first, and the man of sin is
revealed, the son of destruction, 2:4he
who opposes and exalts himself against all that is called God or that is
worshiped; so that he sits as God in the temple of God, setting himself up as
God. 2:5Don't you
remember that, when I was still with you, I told you these things? 2:6Now you know what
is restraining him, to the end that he may be revealed in his own season. 2:7For the mystery
of lawlessness already works. Only there is one who restrains now, until he
is taken out of the way. 2:8Then
the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord will kill with the breath of
his mouth, and bring to nothing by the brightness of his coming; 2:9even he whose
coming is according to the working of Satan with all power and signs and
lying wonders, 2:10and
with all deception of wickedness for those who are being lost, because they
didn't receive the love of the truth, that they might be saved. 2:11Because of
this, God sends them a working of error, that they should believe a lie; 2:12that they all
might be judged who didn't believe the truth, but had pleasure in
unrighteousness. 2:13But
we are bound to always give thanks to God for you, brothers loved by the
Lord, because God chose you from the beginning for salvation through
sanctification of the Spirit and belief in the truth; 2:14to which he called you through our
Gospel, for the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. 2:15So then,
brothers, stand firm, and hold the traditions which you were taught by us,
whether by word, or by letter.
2:16Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and
God our Father, who loved us and gave us eternal comfort and good hope
through grace, 2:17comfort
your hearts and establish you in every good work and word.
3:1Finally, brothers, pray for us, that the
word of the Lord may spread rapidly and be glorified, even as also with you; 3:2and that we may
be delivered from unreasonable and evil men; for not all have faith. 3:3But the Lord is
faithful, who will establish you, and guard you from the evil one. 3:4We have
confidence in the Lord concerning you, that you both
do and will do the things we command. 3:5May the Lord direct your hearts into
the love of God, and into the patience of Christ.
3:6Now we command you, brothers, in the name
of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you withdraw
yourselves from every brother who walks in rebellion, and not after the
tradition which they received from us. 3:7For you know how you ought to imitate
us. For we didn't behave ourselves rebelliously among you, 3:8neither did we eat bread from anyone's
hand without paying for it, but in labor and travail worked night and day,
that we might not burden any of you; 3:9not because we don't have the right,
but to make ourselves an example to you, that you should imitate us. 3:10For even when
we were with you, we commanded you this: "If anyone will not work,
neither let him eat." 3:11For
we hear of some who walk among you in rebellion, who don't work at all, but
are busybodies. 3:12Now
those who are that way, we command and exhort in the Lord Jesus Christ, that
with quietness they work, and eat their own bread.
3:13But you, brothers, don't be weary in
doing well. 3:14If
any man doesn't obey our word in this letter, note that man, that you have no
company with him, to the end that he may be ashamed. 3:15Don't count him as an enemy, but
admonish him as a brother.
3:16Now may the Lord of peace himself give
you peace at all times in all ways. The Lord be with you all.
3:17The greeting of me, Paul, with my own
hand, which is the sign in every letter: this is how I write. 3:18The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be
with you all. Amen.
Notes:
[1] back to 1:3 The word for "brothers" here and
where context allows may also be correctly translated "brothers and
sisters" or "siblings."
[2] back to
1:12 TR adds "Christ"
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