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.

But she will be saved through childbearing, if she continues in faith, love, and holiness, with good judgment.

(If anyone does not know how to manage his own household, how will he take care of God’s church?)

But if I should be delayed, I have written so that you will know how people ought to act in God’s household, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and foundation of the truth.

Now the Spirit explicitly says that in later times some will depart from the faith, paying attention to deceitful spirits and the teachings of demons,

If you point these things out to the brothers, you will be a good servant of Christ Jesus, nourished by the words of the faith and the good teaching that you have followed.

Pay close attention to your life and your teaching; persevere in these things, for by doing this you will save both yourself and your hearers.

and will therefore receive condemnation because they have renounced their original pledge.

Publicly rebuke those who sin, so that the rest will also be afraid.

All who are under the yoke as slaves must regard their own masters to be worthy of all respect, so that God’s name and His teaching will not be blasphemed.

But if we have food and clothing,
we will be content with these.

God will bring this about in His own time. He is

the blessed and only Sovereign,
the King of kings,
and the Lord of lords,

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by God’s will, for the promise of life in Christ Jesus:

And what you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses, commit to faithful men who will be able to teach others also.

Consider what I say, for the Lord will give you understanding in everything.

This saying is trustworthy:

For if we have died with Him,
we will also live with Him;

if we endure, we will also reign with Him;
if we deny Him, He will also deny us;

But avoid irreverent, empty speech, for this will produce an even greater measure of godlessness.

And their word will spread like gangrene; Hymenaeus and Philetus are among them.

So if anyone purifies himself from anything dishonorable, he will be a special instrument, set apart, useful to the Master, prepared for every good work.

instructing his opponents with gentleness. Perhaps God will grant them repentance leading them to the knowledge of the truth.

Then they may come to their senses and escape the Devil’s trap, having been captured by him to do his will.

But know this: Difficult times will come in the last days.

For people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy,

But they will not make further progress, for their lack of understanding will be clear to all, as theirs was also.

In fact, all those who want to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted.

Evil people and impostors will become worse, deceiving and being deceived.

For the time will come when they will not tolerate sound doctrine, but according to their own desires, will multiply teachers for themselves because they have an itch to hear something new.

They will turn away from hearing the truth and will turn aside to myths.

There is reserved for me in the future the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will give me on that day, and not only to me, but to all those who have loved His appearing.

Alexander the coppersmith did great harm to me. The Lord will repay him according to his works.

The Lord will rescue me from every evil work and will bring me safely into His heavenly kingdom. To Him be the glory forever and ever! Amen.

holding to the faithful message as taught, so that he will be able both to encourage with sound teaching and to refute those who contradict it.

to be self-controlled, pure, homemakers, kind, and submissive to their husbands, so that God’s message will not be slandered.

Your message is to be sound beyond reproach, so that the opponent will be ashamed, having nothing bad to say about us.

Diligently help Zenas the lawyer and Apollos on their journey, so that they will lack nothing.

And our people must also learn to devote themselves to good works for cases of urgent need, so that they will not be unfruitful.

But I didn’t want to do anything without your consent, so that your good deed might not be out of obligation, but of your own free will.

I, Paul, write this with my own hand: I will repay it—not to mention to you that you owe me even your own self.

Since I am confident of your obedience, I am writing to you, knowing that you will do even more than I say.

But meanwhile, also prepare a guest room for me, for I hope that through your prayers I will be restored to you.

For to which of the angels did He ever say, You are My Son; today I have become Your Father, or again, I will be His Father, and He will be My Son?

they will perish, but You remain.
They will all wear out like clothing;

You will roll them up like a cloak,
and they will be changed like a robe.
But You are the same,
and Your years will never end.

We must, therefore, pay even more attention to what we have heard, so that we will not drift away.

how will we escape if we neglect such a great salvation? It was first spoken by the Lord and was confirmed to us by those who heard Him.

At the same time, God also testified by signs and wonders, various miracles, and distributions of gifts from the Holy Spirit according to His will.

saying:

I will proclaim Your name to My brothers;
I will sing hymns to You in the congregation.

Again, I will trust in Him. And again, Here I am with the children God gave Me.

So I swore in My anger,
“They will not enter My rest.”

(for we who have believed enter the rest), in keeping with what He has said:

So I swore in My anger,
they will not enter My rest.

And yet His works have been finished since the foundation of the world,

Again, in that passage He says, They will never enter My rest.

Let us then make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one will fall into the same pattern of disobedience.

And we will do this if God permits.

But if it produces thorns and thistles, it is worthless and about to be cursed, and will be burned at the end.

For God is not unjust; He will not forget your work and the love you showed for His name when you served the saints—and you continue to serve them.

I will indeed bless you,
and I will greatly multiply you.

In the one case, men who will die receive tenths, but in the other case, Scripture testifies that he lives.

but He became a priest with an oath made by the One who said to Him:

The Lord has sworn,
and He will not change His mind,
You are a priest forever.

But finding fault with His people, He says:

Look, the days are coming, says the Lord,
when I will make a new covenant
with the house of Israel
and with the house of Judah—

But this is the covenant
that I will make with the house of Israel
after those days, says the Lord:
I will put My laws into their minds
and write them on their hearts.
I will be their God,
and they will be My people.

And each person will not teach his fellow citizen,
and each his brother, saying, “Know the Lord,”
because they will all know Me,
from the least to the greatest of them.

For I will be merciful to their wrongdoing,
and I will never again remember their sins.

how much more will the blood of the Messiah, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without blemish to God, cleanse our consciences from dead works to serve the living God?

Where a will exists, the death of the one who made it must be established.

For a will is valid only when people die, since it is never in force while the one who made it is living.

so also the Messiah, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time, not to bear sin, but to bring salvation to those who are waiting for Him.

Then I said, “See—
it is written about Me
in the volume of the scroll—
I have come to do Your will, God!”

He then says, See, I have come to do Your will. He takes away the first to establish the second.

By this will of God, we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once and for all.

This is the covenant I will make with them
after those days, says the Lord:
I will put My laws on their hearts
and write them on their minds,

He adds:

I will never again remember
their sins and their lawless acts.

How much worse punishment do you think one will deserve who has trampled on the Son of God, regarded as profane the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified, and insulted the Spirit of grace?

For we know the One who has said, Vengeance belongs to Me, I will repay, and again, The Lord will judge His people.

For you need endurance, so that after you have done God’s will, you may receive what was promised.

For yet in a very little while,
the Coming One will come and not delay.

But My righteous one will live by faith;
and if he draws back,
I have no pleasure in him.

the one it had been said about, Your seed will be traced through Isaac.

Pursue peace with everyone, and holiness—without it no one will see the Lord.

Make sure that you do not reject the One who speaks. For if they did not escape when they rejected Him who warned them on earth, even less will we if we turn away from Him who warns us from heaven.

His voice shook the earth at that time, but now He has promised, Yet once more I will shake not only the earth but also heaven.

Marriage must be respected by all, and the marriage bed kept undefiled, because God will judge immoral people and adulterers.

Your life should be free from the love of money. Be satisfied with what you have, for He Himself has said, I will never leave you or forsake you.

Therefore, we may boldly say:

The Lord is my helper;
I will not be afraid.
What can man do to me?

Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they keep watch over your souls as those who will give an account, so that they can do this with joy and not with grief, for that would be unprofitable for you.

equip you with all that is good to do His will, working in us what is pleasing in His sight, through Jesus Christ. Glory belongs to Him forever and ever. Amen.

Be aware that our brother Timothy has been released. If he comes soon enough, he will be with me when I see you.

Now if any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives to all generously and without criticizing, and it will be given to him.

but the one who is rich should boast in his humiliation because he will pass away like a flower of the field.

For the sun rises with its scorching heat and dries up the grass; its flower falls off, and its beautiful appearance is destroyed. In the same way, the rich man will wither away while pursuing his activities.

A man who endures trials is blessed, because when he passes the test he will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love Him.