So as for us ourselves to have pride in you in the congregations of God, for your perseverance and faith in all your persecutions and in the tribulations that ye endure,

who opposes and exalts himself against all that is called God or an object of worship, so as for him to sit in the temple of God, as God, displaying himself that he is God.

and with every kind of evil deception directed against those who are perishing, because they found no place in their hearts for the truth so as to be saved.

neither did we eat anyone's food without paying for it. But by hard labor and toil, we worked night and day so as not to be a burden to any of you.

If any man does not give heed to what I have said in this letter, mark that man; do not associate with him, so as to make him feel ashamed;