This is evidence of God’s righteous judgment, to make you worthy of the kingdom of God, for which in fact you are suffering.

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,

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.

For the hidden power of lawlessness is already at work. However, the one who holds him back will do so until he is taken out of the way,

The arrival of the lawless one will be by Satan’s working with all kinds of miracles and signs and false wonders,

and we did not eat anyone’s food without paying. Instead, in toil and drudgery we worked night and day in order not to burden any of you.

For even when we were with you, we used to give you this command: “If anyone is not willing to work, neither should he eat.”

For we hear that some among you are living an undisciplined life, not doing their own work but meddling in the work of others.

Now such people we command and urge in the Lord Jesus Christ to work quietly and so provide their own food to eat.

not to be easily shaken from your composure or disturbed by any kind of spirit or message or letter allegedly from us, to the effect that the day of the Lord is already here.

Let no one deceive you in any way. For that day will not arrive until the rebellion comes and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction.

Surely you recall that I used to tell you these things while I was still with you.

Consequently God sends on them a deluding influence so that they will believe what is false.

But we ought to thank God always for you, brothers and sisters loved by the Lord, because God chose you from the beginning for salvation through sanctification by the Spirit and faith in the truth.

Therefore, brothers and sisters, stand firm and hold on to the traditions that we taught you, whether by speech or by letter.

encourage your hearts and strengthen you in every good thing you do or say.

Finally, pray for us, brothers and sisters, that the Lord’s message may spread quickly and be honored as in fact it was among you,

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.

But if anyone does not obey our message through this letter, take note of him and do not associate closely with him, so that he may be ashamed.

I, Paul, write this greeting with my own hand, which is how I write in every letter.