Not lightly to let your minds become unsettled, nor yet to be disturbed by any revelation, or by any message, or by any letter, purporting to come from us, to the effect that the Day of the Lord is come.

Do not let any one deceive you, whatever he may do. For it will not come until after the Great Apostasy, and the appearing of that Incarnation of Wickedness, that the Lost soul,

Do not you remember how, when I was with you, I used to speak to you of all this?

And that we may be preserved from wrong-headed and wicked men- -for it is not every one who believes in Christ.

But the Lord will not fail you; he will give you strength, and guard you from Evil.

We urge you, Brothers, in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, to avoid any Brother who is living an ill-ordered life, which is not in agreement with the teaching that you received from us.

For you know well that you ought to follow our example. When we were with you, our life was not ill-ordered,

Nor did we eat any one's bread without paying for it. Night and day, laboring and toiling, we used to work at our trades, so as not to be a burden upon any of you.

This was not because we had not a right to receive support, but our object was to give you a pattern for you to copy.

Indeed, when we were with you, what we urged upon you was-- 'If a man does not choose to work, then he shall not eat.'

You, Brothers, must not grow weary of doing what is right.

Yet do not think of him as an enemy, but caution him as you would a Brother.