In view of this we always pray for you, asking our God to make you worthy of his calling and by his power to fulfil every good resolve and every effort of faith,

Let nobody delude you into this belief, whatever he may say. It will not come till the Rebellion takes place first of all, with the revealing of the Lawless One, the doomed One,

Do you not remember I used to tell you this when I was with you?

it was for this that he called you by our gospel, to gain the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Only, if anyone will not obey our orders in this letter, mark that man, do not associate with him ??that will make him feel ashamed!

The salutation is in my own hand, Paul's; that is a mark in every letter of mine. This is how I write.