God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ bless you and give you peace.

It is right for us to give praise to God at all times for you, brothers, because of the great increase of your faith, and the wealth of your love for one another;

Which is a clear sign of the decision which God in his righteousness has made; to give you a part in his kingdom, for which you have undergone this pain;

For it is an act of righteousness on God's part to give trouble as their reward to those who are troubling you,

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

To give punishment to those who have no knowledge of God, and to those who do not give ear to the good news of our Lord Jesus:

To this end we always pray for you too, asking our God to find you worthy of the call he has given you, and by his power to fulfil every desire you may have for goodness, and every effort of your faith,

So that glory may be given to the name of our Lord Jesus through you, and you may have glory in him, by the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.

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,

Who puts himself against all authority, lifting himself up over all which is named God or is given worship; so that he takes his seat in the Temple of God, putting himself forward as God.

And then will come the revelation of that evil one, whom the Lord Jesus will put to death with the breath of his mouth, and give to destruction by the revelation of his coming;

And for this cause, God will give them up to the power of deceit and they will put their faith in what is false:

But for you, brothers, whom the Lord loves, I ought to give thanks to God continually, because God has chosen you from the beginning for salvation in consecration of the Spirit and belief of the truth.

So then, brothers, be strong in purpose, and keep the teaching which has been given to you by word or by letter from us.

May our Lord Jesus Christ Himself and God our Father, who has loved us and graciously given us encouragement that is eternal, and a hope that is well-founded,

Give you comfort and strength in every good work and word.

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

We have confidence in you through the Lord that you are now practicing the directions which we give you and that you will continue to do so.

Now we give you orders, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to keep away from all those whose behaviour is not well ordered and in harmony with the teaching which they had from us.

for you know what an example we have given for your imitation: that our conduct among you was regular:

Not because we have no right, but that we might give ourselves an example to you, in order to imitate us.

For even when we were with you, we used to give you this command: "If anyone is not willing to work, neither should he eat."

Now to such we give orders and make request in the Lord Jesus, that, working quietly, they get their living.

If any man does not give heed to what I have said in this letter, mark that man; do not associate with him, so as to make him feel ashamed;

And may the Lord who gives us peace give you peace in whatever circumstances you may be. The Lord be with you all.