It is a clear evidence of God’s righteous judgment that you will be counted worthy of God’s kingdom, for which you also are suffering,

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,

These will pay the penalty of eternal destruction from the Lord’s presence and from His glorious strength

And in view of this, we always pray for you that our God will consider you worthy of His calling, and will, by His power, fulfill every desire for goodness and the work of faith,

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.

Don’t let anyone deceive you in any way. For that day will not come unless the apostasy comes first and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction.

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

For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work, but the one now restraining will do so until he is out of the way,

and then the lawless one will be revealed. The Lord Jesus will destroy him with the breath of His mouth and will bring him to nothing with the brightness of His coming.

For this reason God sends them a strong delusion so that they will believe what is false,

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

But the Lord is faithful; He will strengthen and guard you from the evil one.

We have confidence in the Lord about you, that you are doing and will do what we command.