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  Second Thessalonians

1 Paul, and Silvanus, and Timothy, unto the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ; ²Grace to you and peace from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. ³We are bound to give thanks to God always to you, brethren, even as it is meet, for that your faith grows exceedingly, and the love of each one of you all toward one another abounds; ⁴so that we ourselves glory in you in the churches of God for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and in the afflictions which you endure;

⁵which is a manifest token 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: ⁶if so be that it is righteous thing with God to recompense affliction to them that afflict you, ⁷and to you that are afflicted rest with us, at the revelation of the Lord Jesus from heaven with the angels of his power in flaming fire, ⁸rendering vengeance to them that know not God, and to them that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus: ⁹who shall suffer punishment, even eternal destruction from the face of the Lord and from the glory of his might, ¹⁰when he shall come to be glorified in his saints, and to be marveled at in all them that believed (because our testimony unto you was believed) in that day.

¹¹To which end we also pray always for you, that our God may count you worthy of your calling, and fulfill every desire of goodness and every work of faith, with power; 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 Now we beg you, brethren, as touching the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and our gathering together unto him; ²to the end that you be not quickly shaken from your mind, nor yet be troubled, either by spirit, or by word, or by epistle as from us, as that the day of the Lord is just at hand;

³let no man beguile you in any way: for it will not be, except the falling away come first, and the man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition, ⁴he that opposes and exalts himself against all that is called God or that is worshipped; so that he sits in the temple of God, setting himself forth as God. ⁵Do you not remember, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things? ⁶And now you know that that which restrains, to the end that he may be revealed in his own season. ⁷For the mystery of lawlessness does already work: only there is one that restrains now, until he be taken out of the way. ⁸And then shall be revealed the lawless one, whom the Lord Jesus shall slay with the breath of his mouth, and bring to nothing by the manifestation of his coming; ⁹even he, whose coming is according to the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, ¹⁰and with all deceit of unrighteousness for them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. ¹¹And for this cause God sends them a working of error, that they should believe a lie: ¹²that they all might be judged who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.

¹³But we are bound to give thanks to God always for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, for that God chose you from the beginning unto salvation in sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth: ¹⁴whereunto he called you through our gospel, to the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. ¹⁵So then, brethren, stand fast, and hold the traditions which you were taught, whether by word, or by epistle of ours.

¹⁶Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our Father who loved us and gave us eternal comfort and good hope through grace, ¹⁷comfort your hearts and establish them in every good work and word.

3 Finally, brethren, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may have free course and be glorified, even as also it is with you; ²and that we may be delivered from unreasonable and evil men; for all have not faith. ³But the Lord is faithful, who shall establish you, and guard you from the evil one. ⁴And we have confidence in the Lord touching you, that you both do and will do the things which we command. ⁵And the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God, and into the patience of Christ.

⁶Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you withdraw yourselves from every brother that walks disorderly, and not after the tradition which they received of us. ⁷For yourselves know how you ought to imitate us: for we behaved not ourselves disorderly among you; ⁸neither did we eat bread for nothing at any man’s hand, but in labor and travail, working night and day, that we might not burden any of you: ⁹not because we have not the right, but to make ourselves an example unto you, that you should imitate us. ¹⁰For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, If any will not work, neither let him eat. ¹¹For we hear of some that walk among you disorderly, that work not at all, but are busybodies. ¹²Now them that are such we command and exhort in the Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread. ¹³But you, brethren, be not weary in well-doing. ¹⁴And if any man obeys not our word by this epistle, note that man, that you have no company with him, to the end that he may be ashamed. ¹⁵And yet count him not as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother.