in flaming fire. Then shall he take vengeance on those who know not God, even on those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.

not to be "quickly shaken out of your wits" and not to be agitated either by a spirit or by a message, or by an epistle purporting to be from me, saying, "The Day of the Lord is at hand."

Let no one deceive you by any means. For it will not come until after the Great Apostasy, and the revealing of the Man of Sin, the son of perdition,

Do you not recall that I often told you this, when I was with you?

and with all deceit of unrighteousness for those who are perishing, because they did not receive the love of the truth for their salvation.

and that I may be delivered from unreasonable and wicked men; for all do not hold the faith.

I summon you, in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, to shun any brother who leads an idle and disorderly life, which is not according to the rule you received from me.

For you know well how you must imitate me. For I did not lead an idle or disorderly life among you;

I did not eat my food as a gift from any man, but in toil and travail, night and day, I worked, so that I might not be a burden to any of you.

Not that I have no right to such support; it was simply to give you an example for you to imitate.

For indeed when I was with you, I used to charge you, "If any man will not work, he shall not eat."

But I hear that there are those of your number who are leading idle and disorderly lives, who are not busy, but mere busybodies.

But you, brothers, must not grow weary in well-doing.

If any man does not give heed to what I have said in this letter, mark that man; do not associate with him, so as to make him feel ashamed;

and yet do not count him as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother.