This is a proof of God's righteous judgment, His aim being to let you show yourselves worthy of His kingdom, for which you are suffering; since,

With this in view we are always praying for you too, that our God may make you worthy of His call, and by His power fully satisfy your every desire for goodness, and complete every activity of your faith,

Do not let anybody at all deceive you about this, because that cannot take place until the great revolt occurs and the representative of lawlessness is uncovered, the one who is doomed to destruction,

Do you not remember that while I was with you I used to tell you this?

This is why God sends them a misleading influence till they actually believe what is false,

and to this end He called you by our preaching of the good news, so that you may obtain the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.

For when I was with you, I gave you this direction, "If a person refuses to work, he must not be allowed to eat."

If anyone refuses to obey what we have said in this letter, mark that person and stop having anything to do with him, so that he will feel ashamed of it.

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