From: Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy. To: The church of the Thessalonians in union with God our Father and the Lord Jesus, the Messiah.

May grace and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus, the Messiah, be yours!

and to give us who are afflicted relief when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with his mighty angels

in blazing fire. He will take revenge on those who do not know God and on those who refuse to obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.

That way the name of our Lord Jesus will be glorified by you, and you by him, according to the grace of our God and Lord, Jesus, the Messiah.

Now we ask you, brothers, regarding the coming of our Lord Jesus, the Messiah, and our gathering together to him,

With this purpose in mind, he called you through our proclamation of the gospel so that you would obtain the glory of our Lord Jesus, the Messiah.

May our Lord Jesus, the Messiah himself, and may God our Father, who loved us and by his grace gave us eternal comfort and good hope,

In the name of our Lord Jesus, the Messiah, we command you, brothers, to keep away from every brother who is living in idleness and not living according to the tradition that they received from us.

We order and encourage such people by the Lord Jesus, the Messiah, to do their work quietly and to earn their own living.

May the grace of our Lord Jesus, the Messiah, be with all of you. Amen.