and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, Jesus our deliverer from the coming wrath.

Consequently the one who rejects this is not rejecting human authority but God, who gives his Holy Spirit to you.

not in lustful passion like the Gentiles who do not know God.

Therefore encourage one another and build up each other, just as you are in fact doing.

I call on you solemnly in the Lord to have this letter read to all the brothers and sisters.

For you recall, brothers and sisters, our toil and drudgery: By working night and day so as not to impose a burden on any of you, we preached to you the gospel of God.

And you became imitators of us and of the Lord, when you received the message with joy that comes from the Holy Spirit, despite great affliction.

who killed both the Lord Jesus and the prophets and persecuted us severely. They are displeasing to God and are opposed to all people,

In this matter no one should violate the rights of his brother or take advantage of him, because the Lord is the avenger in all these cases, as we also told you earlier and warned you solemnly.

For from you the message of the Lord has echoed forth not just in Macedonia and Achaia, but in every place reports of your faith in God have spread, so that we do not need to say anything.

For people everywhere report how you welcomed us and how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God

We sent Timothy, our brother and fellow worker for God in the gospel of Christ, to strengthen you and encourage you about your faith,