They are an evidence of the righteous judgment of God, who will count you worthy of his kingdom, in behalf of which you are even now suffering.

since it will be just with God to repay distress to them that distress you,

and to reward with rest you who are afflicted, along with us. This will take place at the revelation of the Lord Jesus from heaven with His powerful angels,

in a flame of fire, who will take vengeance on those who do not know God, that is, those who will not listen to the good news of our Lord Jesus.

These will receive the punishment of eternal destruction as exiles from the presence of the Lord and His glorious might,

At his coming, when he will have glory in his saints, and will be a cause of wonder in all those who had faith (because our witness among you had effect) in that day.

For which also we pray always about you, so that our God will make you worthy of the calling, and will fulfill every desire of goodness and work of faith with power.

so that the name of our Lord Jesus will be glorified by you, and you by Him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.

Let no one deceive you by any means. For it will not come until after the Great Apostasy, and the revealing of the Man of Sin, the son of perdition,

And you know what currently restrains him, so that he will be revealed in his time.

For the mystery of lawlessness is already working, only he who restrains it until now will develop from the midst.

Then the representative of lawlessness will be uncovered, and the Lord Jesus will destroy him with the breath of His mouth and put a stop to his operations by His appearance and coming;

The coming of the [Antichrist, the lawless] one is through the activity of Satan, [attended] with great power [all kinds of counterfeit miracles] and [deceptive] signs and false wonders [all of them lies],

And because of this God will send them the force of a delusion, for them to believe a lie,

so that all will be condemned—those who did not believe the truth but enjoyed unrighteousness.

Finally, brothers, pray for us, so that the Lord's message will spread quickly and be honored [by people], even as it was among you.

And [pray] that we will be rescued from wicked and evil people, because not everyone has faith.

But the Lord is to be trusted, and He will give you strength and guard you from the evil one.

We have confidence in you through the Lord that you are now practicing the directions which we give you and that you will continue to do so.

For even when we were with you we commanded you this, that if any man will not work, neither let him eat.

If anyone refuses to obey what we have said in this letter, mark that person and stop having anything to do with him, so that he will feel ashamed of it.