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 the name of our Lord Jesus may be glorified in you and you in him, by the blessing of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.

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 that all who have refused to believe the truth but have preferred disobedience may be condemned.

and called you to it through our preaching of the good news, so that you may share in the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.

May our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father, who has loved us and kindly given us unfailing encouragement and a well-founded hope,

Now, brothers, pray for us, that the Lord's message may spread rapidly and gloriously as it did among you,

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

May the Lord guide your hearts into a sense of God's love and into a steadfastness like Christ's.

For you know yourselves what you must do to follow my example, for I was not idle when I was with you;

Not that I had not a right to my support, but to give you in my own conduct an example to imitate.

And may the Lord of peace himself always give you peace in every way. The Lord be with you all.

This greeting is in my own hand, Paul's; it is the mark in every letter of mine. This is the way I write.