From Paul and Silvanus and Timothy, to the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

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

Unceasing thanks are due from us to God on your behalf, brethren. They are appropriate because your faith is growing greatly, and the love of every one of you for all the others goes on increasing.

so that you are the subject of our glorying in the churches of God, for the constancy of your faith, under all the persecutions and afflictions you endure from men,

and to give rest to you who are being crushed with sorrows, along with us, at the unveiling of our Lord Jesus Christ from heaven, with His mighty angels

These will receive the punishment of eternal destruction as exiles from the presence of the Lord and His glorious might,

With this in view, our constant prayer for you is that our God may count you worthy of the Call that you have received, and by his power make perfect your delight in all goodness and the efforts that have resulted from your faith.

not to let your minds be easily unsettled or even be excited, whether by some message by the Spirit or by some saying or letter that is claimed as coming from me, saying that the day of the Lord is already here.

Give no belief to false words: because there will first be a falling away from the faith, and the revelation of the man of sin, the son of destruction,

And you know what restrains him now [from being revealed]; it is so that he will be revealed at his own [appointed] time.

For the mystery of lawlessness is already working, only he who restrains it until now will develop from the midst.

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,

So then, brothers, continue to stand firm and keep a tight grip on the teachings you have received from us, whether by word of mouth or by letter.

and that we may be delivered from unprincipled and wicked men; for not all men have faith.

But the Lord is to be trusted, and He will give you strength and guard you from the evil one.

Now we charge you, brothers, on the authority of the Lord Jesus Christ, to hold yourselves aloof from any brother who is living as a shirker instead of following the teachings you received from us.

nor did we eat bread gratis from any man, but in labor and toil, working night and day in order not to burden any of you.

This was not because we had not a claim upon you, but it arose from a desire to set you an example--for you to imitate us.

And to such we proclaim and beseech by our Lord Jesus Christ, that, with freedom from care working, they should eat their own bread.

But be not you, my brethren, discouraged from well-doing. And if any obey not our order,

And if any man does not give attention to what we have said in this letter, take note of that man, and keep away from him, so that he may be shamed.

May the Lord, from whom all peace comes, himself give you his peace at all times and in all ways. May he be with you all.

These words of love to you at the end are in my writing, Paul's writing, and this is the mark of every letter from me.

The grace of our Lord Jesus be with you all. Amen. {The end of the Second Epistle unto the Thessalonians, Sent from Athens.}