And to you who are troubled, rest with us, when the Lord Jesus comes from heaven with the angels of his power in flames of fire,

the Lord shall punish them with everlasting destruction, when he shall appear in the glory of his power,

when on that day He comes to be glorified in His consecrated ones and to be admired by all who believe in Him because our testimony has been confidently accepted among you.

we request that you people do not become shaken up in your mind, nor alarmed, either by a spirit [i.e., by some prophetic prediction], or by a report, or by a letter supposedly from us, that the day of the Lord [i.e., when Jesus returns] has already come.

the adversary of every being that is called a god or an object of worship, and so overbearing toward them as to enter God's sanctuary and take his seat there, proclaiming himself to be God??5 do you not remember that when I was with you, I used to tell you this?

Do ye not remember that when I was yet with you I told you these things?

You know what it is that is now holding him back, so that he will be revealed when his time comes.

You know yourselves how you ought to follow my example; for I was not a shirker when I was with you;

For when I was with you, I gave you this direction, "If a person refuses to work, he must not be allowed to eat."