And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels,

the Lord shall punish them with everlasting destruction, when he shall appear in the glory of his power,

When he shall come to be glorified in his saints, and to be admired in all them that believe (because our testimony among you was believed) in that day.

not to be so quickly upset or alarmed when someone claims that we said, either by some spirit, conversation, or letter that the Day of the Lord has already come.

the adversary of every being that is called a god or an object of worship, and so overbearing toward them as to enter God's sanctuary and take his seat there, proclaiming himself to be God??5 do you not remember that when I was with you, I used to tell you this?

Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things?

You know what it is that is now holding him back, so that he will be revealed when his time comes.

For you yourselves know how you ought to follow our example, because we did not act in an undisciplined or inappropriate manner when we were with you [we were never idle or lazy, nor did we avoid our duties],

For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat.