They are an evidence of the righteous judgment of God, who will count you worthy of his kingdom, in behalf of which you are even now suffering.

A plain token of God's righteous judgement, I say, since it is a righteous thing for Him to requite with affliction those who are now afflicting you;

and give to you, who are now troubled, rest, along with me at the unveiling "apocalypse" of the Lord Jesus from heaven, with his mighty angels,

When he shall come to be glorified in his saints, and to be admired in all that believe (now that our testimony was believed among you) in that day.

Now we ask you, brothers, on behalf of the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our gathering together to him,

That you may not be moved in mind or troubled by a spirit, or by a word, or by a letter as from us, with the suggestion that the day of the Lord is even now come;

So now you know the power that is holding him back, that he is to be unveiled at His own appointed time.

For the mystery of lawlessness is already working, only he who restrains it until now will develop from the midst.

Now we are bound always to thank God for you, brothers beloved by the Lord, because God has chosen you as the first to be reaped for salvation, by the consecration of your spirit and by faith in the Truth;

Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our Father who had love for us and has given us eternal comfort and good hope through grace,

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

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 may the Lord direct your hearts toward the love of God and toward the patient endurance of Christ.

Now we charge you, brothers, on the authority of the Lord Jesus Christ, to hold yourselves aloof from any brother who is living as a shirker instead of following the teachings you received from us.

now being inform'd, that there are among you people of an irregular conduct, who neglect their own business, and busy themselves with the affairs of others:

Now on the authority of the Lord Jesus Christ we charge and exhort such persons to do their own work with quiet and eat their own bread.

Now may the Lord of peace himself give you peace through everything in every way. The Lord is with all of you.