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">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" />

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,

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.

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

<t /><p class="bodytext">We ought to thank God always for you, brothers and sisters,<n id="1" /> and rightly so,<n id="2" /> because your faith flourishes more and more and the love of each one of you all for one another is ever greater.

He<n id="1" /> opposes <i>and exalts himself above everyi> so-called <i>godi> or object of worship, and as a result <i>he takes his seati><n id="2" /> in God&#8217;s temple, displaying himself as God.<n id="3" />

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" />

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.

For it is right<n id="1" /> for God to repay with affliction those who afflict you,

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

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.

<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.

<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.

Therefore, brothers and sisters,<n id="1" /> stand firm and hold on to the traditions that we taught you, whether by speech or by letter.<n id="2" />

It was not because we do not have that right, but to give ourselves as an example for you to imitate.<n id="1" />

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.