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>

<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.

Grace and peace to you<n id="1" /> from God the<n id="2" /> Father and the Lord Jesus Christ!p>

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all.<n id="1" />p>

<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.

They<n id="1" /> will undergo the penalty of eternal destruction, <i>away from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his strengthi>,<n id="2" />

<t /><p class="bodytext">Now regarding the arrival<n id="1" /> of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered to be with him,<n id="2" /> we ask you, brothers and sisters,<n id="3" />

He called you to this salvation<n id="1" /> through our gospel, so that you may possess the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.<n id="2" />

But the Lord is faithful, and he<n id="1" /> will strengthen you and protect you from the evil one.

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

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 then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord<n id="1" /> will destroy by the breath of his mouth and wipe out by the manifestation of his arrival.

<t /><p class="bodytext">Finally, pray for us, brothers and sisters,<n id="1" /> that the Lord&#8217;s message<n id="2" /> may spread quickly and be honored<n id="3" /> as in fact it was among you,

Now may the Lord direct your hearts toward the love of God<n id="1" /> and the endurance of Christ.<n id="2" />p>

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" />

not to be easily<n id="1" /> shaken from your composure or disturbed by any kind of spirit or message or letter allegedly from us,<n id="2" /> to the effect that the day of the Lord is already here.

<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,

<t /><p class="bodytext">But we command you, brothers and sisters,<n id="1" /> in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to keep away from any brother who lives an undisciplined<n id="2" /> life<n id="3" /> and not according to the tradition they<n id="4" /> received from us.