favour and peace be with you from God our father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.

by which you may be assur'd, that they will be punish'd by the divine justice, and that you shall be rewarded with the kingdom of God, for which you suffer;

and come to be glorified by his saints, and to be the object of admiration to all who believed, that the testimony we gave you, would be justified in that day.

Wherefore we continually pray, that our God would by his power effect all the gracious designs of his goodness, and accomplish the work of faith in you;

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

you would not by any pretended revelation, by any discourse or epistle ascrib'd to us, be immediately perplex'd in your minds, or under any concern for the approach of the day of the Lord.

don't be led into any mistake, because the previous rebellion does not yet appear, nor the man of sin throw off the disguise, that offspring of perdition:

that adversary that exalts it self above the divine authority of majesty: that is seated in the temple of God, pretending to be it self divine.

and then the lawless will be discover'd, whom the Lord will extirpate by the spirit of his mouth, and at his glorious advent, will intirely abolish him,

who by the instigation of satan will make his parade with various arts, with fallacious signs and prodigies,

and with all the vile methods of imposture, to the ruin of those, who are averse to the truth, by which they might be saved.

As for you, my brethren, the favourites of the Lord, we are oblig'd to render perpetual thanks to God, for having chosen you from the beginning, in purifying you by his spirit, upon your believing the gospel.

be stedfast therefore, and firmly maintain the doctrine I have delivered to you, either by word of mouth, or by my letter.

Now may our Lord Jesus Christ, and God our father, who has loved us, and by his favour given us the advantageous hopes of eternal joys, consolate your souls,

To conclude, pray for us, my brethren, that the doctrine of the Lord may make its progress, and be respected every where as it is among you:

and that we may be delivered from vexatious wicked men; for all have not the faith.

pursuant to the maxim, which we laid down, when among you, "he that refuses to work should be deny'd food."

we command these persons, and exhort them by the Lord Jesus Christ, to stay at home, and earn their bread by labour.

As for you, my brethren, be not weary of your commendable industry:

and if any one should disregard what we have prescrib'd, signify it to us by letter, and don't converse with him, that he may be put to shame.

Now the Lord of peace grant you continual peace in all respects. the Lord be with you all.

the favour of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. AMEN.