Translation in British English
1:1 Paul, together with Silvanus and Timotheus, extends greetings to the Thessalonian church, united in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ:
1:2 Wishing you grace and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
1:3 It is right for us to constantly thank God for you, brethren, as your faith is flourishing remarkably, and the love each of you holds for one another is ever increasing.
1:4 Therefore, in the congregations of God, we ourselves take pride in your endurance and faith amidst all the persecutions and afflictions you face.
1:5 This is a clear indication of God’s just judgment, that you may be deemed worthy of God’s kingdom, for which you are suffering.
1:6 Indeed, it is a matter of justice for God to repay with affliction those who trouble you,
1:7 and to grant relief to you who are afflicted along with us, when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with his mighty angels,
1:8 in a blaze of fire, inflicting vengeance on those who do not know God and on those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ.
1:9 They will suffer the penalty of eternal destruction, separated from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his might,
1:10 when he comes to be glorified among his saints and to be marveled at among all who have believed, because our testimony among you was believed.
1:11 For this reason, we always pray for you, that our God may make you worthy of his calling and may fulfill every resolve for good and every work of faith by his power,
1:12 so that the name of our Lord Jesus may be glorified in you, and you in him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.
2:1 Now concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered to him, we ask you, brethren,
2:2 not to be quickly unsettled or alarmed, either by a spirit or a spoken word, or by a letter seeming to be from us, to the effect that the day of the Lord has come.
2:3 Let no one deceive you in any way. For that day will not come unless the rebellion comes first, and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction,
2:4 who opposes and exalts himself against every so-called god or object of worship, so that he takes his seat in the temple of God, proclaiming himself to be God.
2:5 Do you not remember that when I was still with you I told you these things?
2:6 And now you know what is restraining him, so that he may be revealed in his time.
2:7 For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work. Only he who now restrains it will do so until he is out of the way.
2:8 And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will kill with the breath of his mouth and bring to nothing by the appearance of his coming.
2:9 The coming of the lawless one is by the activity of Satan with all power and false signs and wonders,
2:10 and with all wicked deception for those who are perishing, because they refused to love the truth and so be saved.
2:11 Therefore God sends them a strong delusion, so that they may believe what is false,
2:12 in order that all may be condemned who did not believe the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
2:13 But we ought always to give thanks to God for you, brothers beloved by the Lord, because God chose you as the firstfruits to be saved, through sanctification by the Spirit and belief in the truth.
2:14 To this he called you through our gospel, so that you may obtain the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.
2:15 So then, brothers, stand firm and hold to the traditions that you were taught by us, either by our spoken word or by our letter.
2:16 Now may our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our Father, who loved us and gave us eternal comfort and good hope through grace,
2:17 comfort your hearts and establish them in every good work and word.
3:1 Finally, brothers, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may speed ahead and be honored, as happened among you,
3:2 and that we may be delivered from wicked and evil men. For not all have faith.
3:3 But the Lord is faithful. He will establish you and guard you against the evil one.
3:4 And we have confidence in the Lord about you, that you are doing and will do the things that we command.
3:5 May the Lord direct your hearts to the love of God and to the steadfastness of Christ.
3:6 Now we command you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you keep away from any brother who is walking in idleness and not in accord with the tradition that you received from us.
3:7 For you yourselves know how you ought to imitate us, because we were not idle when we were with you,
3:8 nor did we eat anyone’s bread without paying for it, but with toil and labor we worked night and day, that we might not be a burden to any of you.
3:9 It was not because we do not have that right, but to give you in ourselves an example to imitate.
3:10 For even when we were with you, we gave you this command: If anyone is not willing to work, let him not eat.
3:11 For we hear that some among you walk in idleness, not busy at work, but busybodies.
3:12 Now such persons we command and encourage in the Lord Jesus Christ to do their work quietly and to earn their own living.
3:13 As for you, brothers, do not grow weary in doing good.
3:14 If anyone does not obey what we say in this letter, take note of that person, and have nothing to do with him, that he may be ashamed.
3:15 Do not regard him as an enemy, but warn him as a brother.
3:16 Now may the Lord of peace himself give you peace at all times in every way. The Lord be with you all.
3:17 The greeting is in my own hand—Paul’s. This is the sign of authenticity in all my letters.
3:18 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.
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