With flaming fire he will mete out punishment on those who do not know God and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.

not to be easily shaken from your composure or disturbed by any kind of spirit or message or letter allegedly from us, to the effect that the day of the Lord is already here.

Let no one deceive you in any way. For that day will not arrive until the rebellion comes and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction.

And so all of them who have not believed the truth but have delighted in evil will be condemned.

and that we may be delivered from perverse and evil people. For not all have faith.

But we command you, brothers and sisters, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to keep away from any brother who lives an undisciplined life and not according to the tradition they received from us.

For you know yourselves how you must imitate us, because we did not behave without discipline among you,

and we did not eat anyone's food without paying. Instead, in toil and drudgery we worked night and day in order not to burden any of you.

It was not because we do not have that right, but to give ourselves as an example for you to imitate.

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."

For we hear that some among you are living an undisciplined life, not doing their own work but meddling in the work of others.

But you, brothers and sisters, do not grow weary in doing what is right.

But if anyone does not obey our message through this letter, take note of him and do not associate closely with him, so that he may be ashamed.

Yet do not regard him as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother.