Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

and to reward with rest you who are afflicted, along with us. This will take place at the revelation of the Lord Jesus from heaven with His powerful angels,

These will pay the penalty of eternal destruction from the Lord’s presence and from His glorious strength

not to be easily upset in mind or troubled, either by a spirit or by a message or by a letter as if from us, alleging that the Day of the Lord has come.

But we must always thank God for you, brothers loved by the Lord, because from the beginning God has chosen you for salvation through sanctification by the Spirit and through belief in the truth.

Therefore, brothers, stand firm and hold to the traditions you were taught, either by our message or by our letter.

and that we may be delivered from wicked and evil men, for not all have faith.

But the Lord is faithful; He will strengthen and guard you from the evil one.

Now we command you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to keep away from every brother who walks irresponsibly and not according to the tradition received from us.