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1 Suffering Has an End- At the Return of Christ Paul and 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 the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

3 Brothers, we are obligated to thank God always for you, as is appropriate, because your faith grows exceedingly, and the love of every one of you all abounds toward each other,

4 so that we ourselves boast of you among the churches of God for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and tribulations that you endure.

5 These are proof that God's judgment is righteous, and you are enduring them to the end you may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which you also suffer.

6 It is a righteous thing with God to repay with tribulation those who afflict you;

7 and to give relief to those who are afflicted (and to us too), when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with the angels of his power in flaming fire,

8 rendering vengeance to them that do not acknowledge God and to them that do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.

9 They shall suffer punishment, even eternal destruction from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his might,

10 when he shall come to be glorified in his saints, and to be marvelled at in all them that have believed in that day (because our testimony to you was believed).

11 To which end we also pray always for you, that our God may count you worthy of your calling and fulfil every desire of goodness and work of faith, with power.

12 To the end 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.

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1 Now brothers, concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our gathering together to him, we urge you

2 not to be quickly shaken in mind or troubled, either by spirit or by word or by letter appearing to be from us, as though the day of Christ had come.

3 Let no one beguile you in any way. For first of all must come the falling away and the man of sin shall be revealed, the son of destruction,

4 he that opposes and exalts himself against all that is called God or that is worshiped, so that he sits in the temple of God, setting himself up as God.

5 Have you forgotten that when I was still with you I told you these things?

6 And now you know what is restraining him now, that he may be revealed in his own time.

7 For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work. Only he who now restrains it will do so, until he is out of the way.

8 And 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 powerful glory of his coming.

9 But the coming of the lawless one will be according to the working of Satan, with all power and signs and lying wonders,

10 and with all unrighteous deceit of them that perish. Because they did not receive the love of the truth, that they might be saved,

11 for this reason God will send them strong delusion, that they should believe the lie;

12 that they all might be condemned who did not believe the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.

13 But, brothers, we are obligated to give thanks to God always for you, beloved of the Lord, for God chose you from the beginning to salvation, through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth;

14 unto which He called you through our preaching of the gospel, to the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.

15 So then, brothers, stand fast, and hold to the teachings which you were taught, whether by word, or by our epistle.

16 Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our Father, who loved us and gave us eternal comfort and good hope through grace,

17 comfort your hearts and establish them in every good work and word.

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1 Finally, brothers, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may run swiftly and be glorified, even as also it is with you.

2 And that we may be delivered from unreasonable and evil men. For all do not have faith.

3 But the Lord is faithful, who shall establish you and guard you from the evil.

4 And we have confidence in the Lord concerning you, that you both do, and will do, the things which we command;

5 and so may the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God and into the patient waiting for Christ. Discipline Those Who Just Want Material Benefit

6 Now we command you, brothers, 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 from us.

7 For yourselves know how you ought to imitate us. For we ourselves did not behave disorderly among you,

8 neither did we eat bread for nothing at anyone's hand; but we ate our bread as the result of our own labour and toil, working night and day, that we might not financially burden any of you.

9 Not because we do not have the right to do so, but to make ourselves an example to you- that you should imitate us.

10 For even when we were with you, this we commanded you: If any will not work, neither let him eat of your food.

11 For we hear of some that walk among you disorderly, that do not work at all but are busybodies.

12 Now those that are such we command and exhort in the Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work and eat their own bread.

13 But you, brothers, be not weary in doing good.

14 And if anyone does not obey our word by this letter, note that man, that you have no association with him, so that he may be ashamed.

15 But do not count him as an enemy, but warn him as a brother.

16 Now may the Lord of peace himself give you peace at all times in all ways. The Lord be with you all.

17 The salutation of me Paul with my own hand, which is the token in every epistle. So I write.

18 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all.