2 Thessalonians 1:3-4
Thanksgiving
1:3 We ought to thank God always for you, brothers and sisters, and rightly so, because your faith flourishes more and more and the love of each one of you all for one another is ever greater.
1:4 As a result we ourselves boast about you in the churches of God for your perseverance and faith in all the persecutions and afflictions you are enduring.
2 Thessalonians 1:10-11
1:10 when he comes to be glorified among his saints and admired
on that day among all who have believed – and you did in fact believe our testimony.
1:11 And in this regard we pray for you always, that our God will make you worthy of his calling
and fulfill by his power your every desire for goodness and every work of faith,
2 Thessalonians 2:4
2:4 He
opposes
and exalts himself above every so-called
god or object of worship, and as a result
he takes his seat in God’s temple, displaying himself as God.
2 Thessalonians 3:6
Response to the Undisciplined
3:6 But we command you, brothers and sisters, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to keep away from any brother who lives an undisciplined life and not according to the tradition they received from us.