For you remember, brethren, our labor and toil; for, laboring night and day, that we might not be burdensome to any one of you, we preached to you the gospel of God.

For this reason, also, we thank God without ceasing; be cause, when you received the word of God, as preached by us, you embraced it, not as the word of men, but, as it is in truth, the word of God, which effectually works in you that believe.

who both killed the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and have persecuted us, and do not please God, and are opposed to all men,

But we, brethren, having been taken from you for a short time, in person, not in heart, did, with great desire, endeavor the more earnestly to see your face.

For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Are not even you, in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at his coming? -You indeed are our glory and

night and day praying exceedingly that we may see your face, and perfect that which is lacking in your faith?

not in passionate desire, as the Gentiles do, who know not God;

for God has not called us for uncleanness, but for holiness.

Therefore, he that despises, despises not man, but God, who has given us his Holy Spirit.

But with respect to brotherly love, you have no need that I write to you: for you yourselves are taught of God to love one another;

in order that you may walk with propriety toward those who are without, and may have need of nothing.

But concerning those who have fallen asleep, I would not have you ignorant, brethren, that you may not grieve, as others who have no hope.

For this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we, the living, who remain till the coming of the Lord, shall not precede those who are asleep

But, brethren, you have no need that I write to you of - the times and seasons;

for you yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so comes as a thief in the night:

for when they shall say, Peace and safety, then sudden destruction comes upon them, as the pains of birth upon a woman with child, and they shall not escape.

But you, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief.

You are all sons of light, and sons of day: we are not of night, nor of darkness.

Therefore, let us not sleep, as do others, but let us watch and be sober.

For those who sleep, sleep in the night; and those who are drunken, are drunken in the night.

for God has not appointed us to wrath, but to the obtaining of salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,

Quench not the Spirit.

Despise not prophesyings.

in flaming fire, to take vengeance on those who know not God, and who obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ;

that you be not hastily shaken from the persuasion of your mind, nor be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by report, nor by letter as written by us, as though the day of the Lord is at hand.

Let no one deceive you by any means; for that day will not come, unless the apostasy come first, and the man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition,

Do you not remember that, while I was with you, I told you these things?

and with all the delusion of unrighteousness in those who perish, because they did not receive the love of the truth, in order that they might be saved.

that all may be condemned who believe not the truth, but have pleasure in unrighteousness.

and that we may be delivered from wicked and evil men; for all have not the disposition for faith.

Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you withdraw from every brother that walks disorderly, and not according to the tradition which he received from us.

For you yourselves know how you ought to imitate us: for we did not behave in a disorderly manner among you,

nor did we eat any one's bread for nothing: but worked with labor and toil, night and day, that we might not burden any one of you;

this we did, not because we have not authority, but that we might give ourselves to you as an example, in order that you might imitate us.

For when we were with you, we gave you this commandment, that if any one will not work, neither let him eat.

And you, brethren, should not be weary in well-doing.

And if any one obey not our word by this letter, note that man, and do not keep company with him, that he may be ashamed;

and yet do not regard him as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother.

which things some not having aimed at, have turned aside to idle disputation,

knowing this, that law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and for sinners, for the unholy and for scorners, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for man-slayers,

whom I have delivered to Satan, that they may learn not to revile.

to give which testimony I have been appointed a preacher and an apostle; (I speak the truth, and lie not;) a teacher of the Gentiles in faithfulness and in truth.

In like manner, also, I will that the women adorn themselves with decorous dress, with modesty and sobriety, not with plaited hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly raiment,

I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence.

And Adam was not deceived: but the woman being deceived, was in transgression;

not fond of wine, not quarrelsome, not one who makes money by base means; but gentle, not contentious, not covetous;

for if a man knows not how to rule his own house, how will he take care of the church of God?

Not a new convert, lest, having become conceited, he fall into the condemnation of the devil.

The deacons, likewise, must be grave, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not makers of money by base means,

Their wives likewise must be grave, not slanderers, watchful, faithful in all things.

Neglect not the gift that is in you, which was given you according to prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the eldership.

Do not rebuke an elderly man, but entreat him as a father; the younger men, as brothers:

But she that is a widow indeed, and left alone, trusts in God, and continues in supplications and prayers night and day.

And if any one provides not for his own, and especially for those of his own house hold, he has denied the faith, and is worse than an unbeliever.

Let a widow be put on the list, if she is not under sixty years, having been the wife of one man,

At the same time, also, they learn to be idle, wandering about from house to house; and not only idle, but tattlers also, and busybodies, speaking things which are not proper.

If any believing man or woman has widows, let him or her relieve them, and let not the church be burdened, that it may relieve those who are widows indeed.

For the scripture says: You shall not muzzle the ox that treads out the grain; and, The laborer is worthy of his hire.

Receive not an accusation against an old man, unless before two or three witnesses.

Like wise, also, the good works of some are manifest beforehand; and those which are otherwise can not be concealed.

Let as many servants as are under the yoke count their own masters worthy of all honor, that the name of God, and his teaching, be not reviled.

And those who have believing masters, let them not despise them, because they are brethren: but rather let them serve them, because they who partake of the benefit of their service, are believers and beloved brethren. These things enforce in your teaching and exhortation.

If any one teaches other things, and does not assent to the sound words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the teaching which is according to godliness,

Charge those who are rich in this age, that they be not proud, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who gives us all things richly for our enjoyment,

I thank God, whom I serve with a pure conscience, after the custom of my forefathers, that, without ceasing, I have remembrance of you in my prayers night and day,

For God has not given us the spirit of fear, but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.

Be not, therefore, ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me, his prisoner: but jointly suffer evil in the gospel according to the power of God,

who has saved us, and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus be fore the times of the ages,

for which cause I also suffer these things; yet I am not ashamed: for I know whom I have believed, and I am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have intrusted to him till that day.

May the Lord give mercy to the house of Onesiphorus, for he often refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chain:

And if any one also contend in the public games, he is not crowned, unless he contend according to the laws.

in which I suffer evil, as an evil-doer, even to bonds: but the word of God is not bound.

if we are unfaithful, he remains faithful: he can not deny himself.

Put them in mind of these things, charging them before the Lord that they dispute not about words to no profit, which disputes end in the overthrow of the hearers.

In a great house, however, there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of earth, and some for honor, and some for dishonor.

and the servant of the Lord must not be contentious, but gentle toward all men, able to teach, patient under evils,

For the time will come when they will not endure sound teaching, but according to their own desires they will pro cure for themselves an abundance of teachers to gratify their itching ears:

henceforth there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will give me at that day; and not to me only, but to all those who love his appearing.

At my first defense no one stood by me, but all forsook me; may it not be laid to their charge:

in hope of eternal life, which God, who can not lie, promised be fore the times of the ages,

if any one is blameless, the husband of one wife, if he has faithful children that are not accused of riotous living, or disobedient.

For the bishop must be blame less, as the steward of God; not self-willed, not passionate, not fond of wine, not quarrelsome, not one who makes money by base means;

whose mouths must be stopped: these subvert whole houses by teaching, for the sake of base gain, things which they ought not to teach.

and not give heed to Jewish fables, and commandments of men that turn away from the truth.

that the aged women likewise be, in deportment, as it becomes holy women, not slanderers, not enslaved to much wine, teachers of good things,

to be discreet, chaste, fond of home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not reviled.

sound speech that can not be condemned; that he that is opposed may be ashamed, seeing he has no evil thing to say of us.

Exhort servants to be subject to their own masters, and to please them well in all things, not contradicting,

not stealing, but showing all good faithfulness, that they may adorn the teaching of God our Savior in all things.

to revile no one, not to be contentious, but gentle, showing all meekness to all men.

not by works of righteousness which we had done, but according to his own mercy, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Spirit,

Let our people also learn to practice good works for necessary uses, that they may not be unfruitful.

but, without your consent, I was not willing to do any thing, that your good deed might not be as a matter of necessity, but one of free-will.

I, Paul, do write it with my own hand, I will repay it; that I may not say to you, that you owe to me even yourself besides.

and as a mantle thou shalt fold them up, and they shall be changed; but thou art the same, and thy years shall not fail.

Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister to those who shall inherit salvation?

For not to angels has he subjected the world to come of which we speak.

thou hast put all things under his feet. For, in putting all things under him, he left nothing that is not put under him: but now we do not yet see all things put under him.

For both he that sanctifies, and those who are sanctified, are all of one Father: for which reason, he is not ashamed to call them brethren, saying:

For, verily, he does not take hold of angels, but he takes hold of the posterity of Abraham.