We always ought to be thanking God for you, brothers, as it is right to do so, because your faith is growing so much and the love of every one of you for one another is increasing

Therefore, we ourselves speak proudly about you among the churches of God because of your steadfastness and faith amid all the persecutions and afflictions that you are enduring.

when on that day He comes to be glorified in His consecrated ones and to be admired by all who believe in Him because our testimony has been confidently accepted among you.

Do not let anybody at all deceive you about this, because that cannot take place until the great revolt occurs and the representative of lawlessness is uncovered, the one who is doomed to destruction,

and with a completely wicked deception for men who are on the way to destruction, because they refused to love the truth so as to be saved.

And because of this God will send them the force of a delusion, for them to believe a lie,

We ought always to be thanking God for you, brothers dearly loved by the Lord, because God chose you from the beginning for salvation through the Spirit's consecration of you and through your faith in the truth,

And [pray] that we will be rescued from wicked and evil people, because not everyone has faith.

For ye yourselves know how it is necessary to imitate us. Because we did not act disorderly among you,

Neither took we bread of any man for nought: but wrought with labour and travail night and day, because we would not be grievous to any of you:

Not because we have no right, but that we might give ourselves an example to you, in order to imitate us.