and to give rest to you who are suffering and to us, when our Lord Jesus appears from heaven, with his mighty angels

They will be punished with eternal ruin and exclusion from the presence of the Lord and his glorious might,

not to let your minds be too easily unsettled or wrought up, by any message of the Spirit or any utterance or letter purporting to be from me, to the effect that the Day of the Lord has already come.

So now you know what it is that is holding him back from making his appearance before the appointed time arrives.

We always have to thank God for you, brothers whom the Lord so loves, because God chose you from the beginning to be saved through consecration by the Spirit and through faith in the truth,

So stand firm, brothers, and hold fast to the instructions you have received from us, whether by letter or by word of mouth.

and that we may be saved from unjust and wicked men; for not everybody has faith.

But the Lord is to be relied on, and he will give you strength and protect you from the evil one.

We charge you, brothers, in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, to keep away from any brother who lives in idleness, instead of following the teaching you received from us.