[This letter is from] Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy, [and is being sent] to the church of the Thessalonians in [fellowship with] God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

not readily to become unsettled in mind or troubled--either by any pretended spiritual revelation or by any message or letter claiming to have been sent by us--through fancying that the day of the Lord is now here.

And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:

and establish you in all sound doctrine and virtue.

If any man obey not our sayings, send us word of him by a letter: and have no company with him, that he may be ashamed:

The grace of our Lord Jesus be with you all. Amen. {The end of the Second Epistle unto the Thessalonians, Sent from Athens.}