Paul, Silvanus and Timothy. Unto the congregation of the Thessalonians, which are in God our father, and in the Lord Jesus Christ.

which is a token of the righteous judgment of God, that ye are counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which ye also suffer.

and to you which are troubled, rest with us; when the Lord Jesus shall show himself from heaven, with his mighty angels,

which shall be punished with everlasting damnation, from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power,

that ye be not suddenly moved from your mind, and be not troubled; neither by spirit, neither by words, nor yet by letter, which should seem to come from us, as though the day of Christ were at hand.

which is an adversary, and is exalted above all that is called God, or that is worshipped: so that he shall sit as God in the temple of God, and show himself as God.

For the mystery of that iniquity doth he already work, which only looketh, till he be taken out of the way

that all they might be damned which believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.

Therefore, brethren, stand fast and keep the ordinances which ye have learned: whether it were by our preaching, or by our epistle.

Our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our father, which hath loved us, and hath given us everlasting consolation, and good hope through grace,

but the Lord is faithful, which shall establish you, and keep you from evil.

We have confidence through the Lord to you ward, that ye both do, and will do, that which we command you.

We require you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye withdraw yourselves from every brother that walketh inordinately, and not after the institution which ye received of us.

For when we were with you, this we warned you of, that if there were any which would not work, that the same should not eat.

We have heard say, no doubt, that there are some which walk among you inordinately, and work not at all, but are busybodies.