2 Thessalonians 3
1 In conclusion, Brothers, pray for us — pray that the Lord’s Message may spread rapidly, and be received everywhere with honour, as it was among you;
As for the rest, my brethren, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may run, and be glorified, as it is among you:
2 and that we may be preserved from wrong-headed and wicked men — for it is not every one who believes in Christ.
and that we may be delivered from unreasonable and wicked men; for all have not faith.
3 But the Lord will not fail you; he will give you strength, and guard you from Evil.
But the Lord is faithful, who will establish you, and preserve you from the evil one.
4 Yes, and the confidence that our union with the Lord enables us to place in you leads us to believe that you are doing, and will do, what we direct you.
And we trust in the Lord concerning you, that ye both do and will do the things which we give you in charge.
5 May the Lord bring you to the love of God, and to the patience of the Christ.
And may the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God, and into the patience of Christ.
6 We urge you, Brothers, in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, to avoid any Brother who is living an ill-ordered life, which is not in agreement with the teaching that you received from us.
Now we charge you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to withdraw yourselves from every brother who walketh disorderly, and not according to the instruction which he received from us.
7 For you know well that you ought to follow our example. When we were with you, our life was not ill-ordered,
For ye know how ye ought to imitate us: for we were not disorderly among you;
8 nor did we eat any one’s bread without paying for it. Night and day, labouring and toiling, we used to work at our trades, so as not to be a burden upon any of you.
neither did we eat any one's bread for nothing; but with labor and toil, working night and day, that we might not be burthensome to any of you.
9 This was not because we had not a right to receive support, but our object was to give you a pattern for you to copy.
Not that we have not power, but that we might give ourselves as an example to you to imitate us.
10 Indeed, when we were with you, what we urged upon you was — ‘If a man does not choose to work, then he shall not eat.’
For when we were with you, we gave you this charge, if any will not work, neither let him eat.
11 We hear that there are among you people who are living ill-ordered lives, and who, instead of attending to their own business, are mere busy-bodies.
For we hear that there are some among you that walk disorderly, doing no work themselves, but very busy in the affairs of others.
12 All such people we urge, and entreat, in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, to attend quietly to their business, and earn their own living.
Such we charge and exhort by our Lord Jesus Christ, that they work quietly and earn their own bread.
13 You, Brothers, must not grow weary of doing what is right.
But be not you, my brethren, discouraged from well-doing. And if any obey not our order,
14 If any one disregards what we have said in this letter, mark that man and avoid his company, that he may feel ashamed.
by this epistle, mark such a one, and do not keep company with him, that he may be ashamed.
15 Yet do not think of him as an enemy, but caution him as you would a Brother.
However do not look upon him as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother.
16 May the Lord, from whom all peace comes, himself give you his peace at all times and in all ways. May he be with you all.
Now the Lord of peace himself give you peace at all times and in all places. The Lord be with you all.
17 I, Paul, add this greeting in my own handwriting. It is my signature to every letter. This is how I write.
The salutation of me Paul by my own hand, which is the token in every epistle; for so I write,
18 May the blessing of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all.
"The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all." Amen.
