We always have to thank God for you, brothers, as it is right that we should, because your faith is growing so wonderfully and the love of every one of you for one another is increasing.

This is a positive proof of the righteous judgment of God [a sign of His fair verdict], so that you will be considered worthy of His kingdom, for which indeed you are suffering.

and that you, who are distress'd, should obtain your repose, together with us, when the Lord Jesus, with his angels, the ministers of his power, shall descend from heaven,

whenever he should come to be glorified on that day by his saints and to be marveled at by all who believe, because our testimony was believed among you,

that ye be not suddenly moved from your mind, and be not troubled; neither by spirit, neither by words, nor yet by letter, which should seem to come from us, as though the day of Christ were at hand.

And now ye know that which restrains, that he should be revealed in his own time.

For this reason God is sending on them an energy of delusion, that they should put faith in a falsehood;

so that they all should be condemned, who are faithless to the truth, but take pleasure in evil.

But we should always give thanks to God for you, brethren beloved by the Lord, because God has chosen you from the beginning for salvation through sanctification by the Spirit and faith in the truth.

For ye yourselves know that ye should imitate us; because we were not disorderly among you;

not, that we had no just claim, but to present ourselves as a pattern, which you should imitate,

For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat.

Now to such men we command and exhort by our Lord Jesus Christ, that, working with quietness, they should eat their own bread.

But you, brothers, should not get tired of doing what is right.

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.