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.p>

when he comes to be glorified among his saints and admired<n id="1" /> on that day among all who have believed &#8211; and you did in fact believe our testimony.<n id="2" />

that the name of our Lord Jesus may be glorified in you, and you in him, according to<n id="1" /> the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.p>

And so<n id="1" /> you know what holds him back,<n id="2" /> so that he will be revealed in his own time.

encourage your hearts and strengthen you<n id="1" /> in every good thing you do or say.<n id="2" />p>

For you know yourselves how you must imitate us, because we did not behave without discipline<n id="1" /> among you,

For we hear that some among you are living an undisciplined life,<n id="1" /> not doing their own work but meddling in the work of others.<n id="2" />

<t /><p class="bodytext">From Paul<n id="1" /> and Silvanus and Timothy, to the church of the Thessalonians<n id="2" /> in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

The arrival of the lawless one<n id="1" /> will be by Satan&#8217;s working with all kinds of miracles<n id="2" /> and signs and false wonders,

And we are confident about you in the Lord that you are both doing &#8211; and will do &#8211; what we are commanding.

I, Paul, write this greeting with my own hand, which is how I write in every letter.<n id="1" />

and to you who are being afflicted to give rest together with us when the Lord Jesus is revealed<n id="1" /> from heaven with his mighty angels.<n id="2" />

<i>With flaming fire he will mete outi><n id="1" /> <i>punishment on those who do not know Godi><n id="2" /> and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.

and with every kind of evil deception directed against<n id="1" /> those who are perishing, because they found no place in their hearts for the truth<n id="2" /> so as to be saved.

and we did not eat anyone&#8217;s food without paying.<n id="1" /> Instead, in toil and drudgery we worked<n id="2" /> night and day in order not to burden any of you.

Now such people we command and urge in the Lord Jesus Christ to work quietly and so provide their own food to eat.<n id="1" />

<t /><p class="bodytext">Now may the Lord of peace himself give you peace at all times and in every way. The Lord be with you all.

And in this regard we pray for you always, that our God will make you worthy of his calling<n id="1" /> and fulfill by his power your every desire for goodness and every work of faith,

<t /><p class="bodytext">But we ought to thank God always for you, brothers and sisters<n id="1" /> loved by the Lord, because God chose you from the beginning<n id="2" /> for salvation through sanctification by the Spirit and faith in the truth.

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