Now we ask you, brothers, concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our assembling to him,

And you know that which restrains [him] now, so that he will be revealed in his own time.

For the mystery of lawlessness is at work already; only the one who now restrains [will do so] until he is out of the way,

Now may our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father, who has loved us and given [us] eternal encouragement and good hope by grace,

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

Now we command and we exhort such people in the Lord Jesus Christ that, working with quietness, they eat their own bread.

Now may the Lord of peace himself grant you peace through everything in every way. [May] the Lord [be] with all of you.