2 Thessalonians 3
1 For the rest, brethren, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may run and be glorified, even as also with you;
Finally, brothers, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may spread quickly and be held in honor, just as it was with you.
2 and that we may be delivered from bad and evil men, for faith [is] not [the portion] of all.
And pray that we may be delivered from wicked and evil men; for not everyone holds to the faith.
3 But the Lord is faithful, who shall establish you and keep [you] from evil.
But the Lord is faithful, and He will strengthen you and guard you from the evil one.
4 But we trust in the Lord as to you, that the things which we enjoin, ye both do and will do.
And we have confidence in the Lord that you are doing and will continue to do what we command.
5 But the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God, and into the patience of the Christ.
May the Lord direct your hearts into God’s love and Christ’s perseverance.
6 Now we enjoin you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye withdraw from every brother walking disorderly and not according to the instruction which he received from us.
Now we command you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to keep away from any brother who leads an undisciplined life that is not in keeping with the tradition you received from us.
7 For ye know yourselves how ye ought to imitate us, because we have not walked disorderly among you;
For you yourselves know how you ought to imitate us, because we were not undisciplined among you,
8 nor have we eaten bread from any one without cost; but in toil and hardship working night and day not to be chargeable to any one of you:
nor did we eat anyone’s food without paying for it. Instead, in labor and toil, we worked night and day so that we would not be a burden to any of you.
9 not that we have not the right, but that we might give ourselves as an example to you, in order to your imitating us.
Not that we lack this right, but we wanted to offer ourselves as an example for you to imitate.
10 For also when we were with you we enjoined you this, that if any man does not like to work, neither let him eat.
For even while we were with you, we gave you this command: “If anyone is unwilling to work, he shall not eat.”
11 For we hear that [there are] some walking among you disorderly, not working at all, but busybodies.
Yet we hear that some of you are leading undisciplined lives and accomplishing nothing but being busybodies.
12 Now such we enjoin and exhort in [the] Lord Jesus Christ, that working quietly they eat their own bread.
We command and urge such people by our Lord Jesus Christ to begin working quietly to earn their own living.
13 But ye, brethren, do not faint in well-doing.
But as for you, brothers, do not grow weary in well-doing.
14 But if any one obey not our word by the letter, mark that man, and do not keep company with him, that he may be ashamed of himself;
Take note of anyone who does not obey the instructions we have given in this letter. Do not associate with him, so that he may be ashamed.
15 and do not esteem him as an enemy, but admonish [him] as a brother.
Yet do not regard him as an enemy, but warn him as a brother.
16 But the Lord of peace himself give you peace continually in every way. The Lord [be] with you all.
Now may the Lord of peace Himself give you peace at all times and in every way. The Lord be with all of you.
17 The salutation by the hand of me, Paul, which is [the] mark in every letter; so I write.
This greeting is in my own hand—Paul. This is my mark in every letter; it is the way I write.
18 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ [be] with you all.
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with all of you.
