Give no belief to false words: because there will first be a falling away from the faith, and the revelation of the man of sin, the son of destruction,

For the secret of evil is even now at work: but there is one who is keeping back the evil till he is taken out of the way.

For the rest, my brothers, let there be prayer for us that the word of the Lord may go forward with increasing glory, even as it does with you;

For it has come to our ears that there are some among you whose behaviour is uncontrolled, who do no work at all, but are over-interested in the business of others.