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

and repay you who are troubled (as well as us) with rest and relief, when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven together with the angels of his power

men who will pay the penalty of being destroyed eternally from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his might,

not to let your minds get easily unsettled or excited by any spirit of prophecy or any declaration or any letter purporting to come from me, to the effect that the Day of the Lord is already here.

Well, you can recall now what it is that restrains him from being revealed before his appointed time.

Well then, brothers, stand firm and hold to the rules which you have learned from us orally or by letter.

and that we may be delivered from perverse and evil men ??for the faith is not held by all.

However, the Lord is faithful; he will be sure to strengthen you and protect you from the Evil one.

Brothers, we charge you in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ to shun any brother who is loafing, instead of following the rule you got from us.

we did not take free meals from anyone; no, toiling hard at our trade, we worked night and day, so as not to be a burden to any of you.