They are an evidence of the righteous judgment of God, who will count you worthy of his kingdom, in behalf of which you are even now suffering.

and give to you, who are now troubled, rest, along with me at the unveiling "apocalypse" of the Lord Jesus from heaven, with his mighty angels,

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.

Now concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our gathering together to meet him, I entreat you, brothers,

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,

And now you know what is holding him back, to the end that he may be revealed in his appointed time.

Now we have fully fixed our faith on you in the Lord, that you are doing and will continue to do what we enjoin.

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

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

Now all such I command and entreat, by the authority of the Lord Jesus Christ, to work in quietness. and to earn their own living.