so that you are the subject of our glorying in the churches of God, for the constancy of your faith, under all the persecutions and afflictions you endure from men,

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;

in flaming fire, to take vengeance on those, who know not God, and do not obey the gospel 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.

and you know what hinders his throwing off the disguise at a time which he enjoys for the present.

for the secret spirit of misrule is ready to break out as soon as the obstacle is taken away:

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.

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.

but as for you, the Lord, who is faithful, will establish you, and protect you from the malicious one.

for you know what an example we have given for your imitation: that our conduct among you was regular:

that we did not eat any man's bread for nothing: but with toil and fatigue work'd night and day to avoid being chargeable to any of you:

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