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 proof of God's justice in judging, and it is to prove you worthy of the Kingdom of God, for the sake of which you are suffering,

so that the name of our Lord Jesus may be glorified in you and you in him, by the blessing of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.

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?

So now you know what it is that is holding him back from making his appearance before the appointed time arrives.

The other's appearance, by the contrivance of Satan, will be full of power and pretended signs and wonders,

so that all who have refused to believe the truth but have preferred disobedience may be condemned.

We always have to thank God for you, brothers whom the Lord so loves, because God chose you from the beginning to be saved through consecration by the Spirit and through faith in the truth,

and called you to it through our preaching of the good news, so that you may share in the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.

So stand firm, brothers, and hold fast to the instructions you have received from us, whether by letter or by word of mouth.

encourage you and strengthen you to do and say everything that is right.

Now, brothers, pray for us, that the Lord's message may spread rapidly and gloriously as it did among you,

May the Lord guide your hearts into a sense of God's love and into a steadfastness like Christ's.

I did not eat anybody's bread without paying for it, but with toil and labor I worked night and day, in order not to be a burden to any of you.

This greeting is in my own hand, Paul's; it is the mark in every letter of mine. This is the way I write.