We are bound to give thanks to God always for you, brethren, as it is fit, because your faith groweth exceedingly, and the love of every one of you all towards each other aboundeth:

so that we ourselves make our boast of you among the churches of God, for your patience and fidelity under all your persecutions and afflictions which ye endure:

which is a manifest proof of the righteous judgment of God, that ye should be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which ye also suffer:

in a flame of fire, taking vengeance of them that know not God, and obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ:

Wherefore also we pray continually for you, that our God would count you worthy of the calling, and fulfil all the good pleasure of his goodness, and the work of faith with power:

For the mystery of iniquity is already powerfully working; only he that withholdeth hitherto, will do so till he is removed.

And for this cause God shall send unto them the energy of delusion, that they should believe a lie:

But we are bound to give thanks always to God for you, brethren, beloved of the Lord, because God hath elected you from the beginning unto salvation, by sanctification of the Spirit, and faith in the truth:

FINALLY, brethren, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may run, and be glorified, even as among you;

and that we may be delivered from unreasonable and wicked men: for there is not faith in all.

For ye yourselves know how ye ought to imitate us; for we behaved not ourselves disorderly among you,

neither did we eat bread with any man unpaid for, but with labour and toil worked night and day, that we might be burdensome to none of you:

not that we have not such power, but that we might be ourselves an example for you to imitate.

For when we were with you, this we enjoined you, that if a man would not work, neither should he eat.

For we hear that there are some among you who walk disorderly, doing no work, but being busy-bodies.