\NormalFont\ShortTitle{2 Thessalonians}
{\MT Paul’s Second Letter to the Thessalonians

\par }\ChapOne{1}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Paul
and
Silvanus
and
Timothy,
to
the
church
of
the
Thessalonians
in
God
our
Father
and
the
Lord
Jesus
Christ:
\VS{2}Grace
to
you
and
peace
from
God
the
Father
and
the
Lord
Jesus
Christ.
\VS{3}It
is
right
for
us
to
give praise
to
God
at
all
times
for
you,
brothers,
because
of
the
great
increase
of
your
faith,
and
the wealth
of
your
love
for
one
another;
\VS{4}So
that
we
ourselves
take
pride
in
you
in
the
churches
of
God
for
your untroubled
mind
and
your
faith
in
all
the
troubles
and sorrows
which
you
are going
through;
\VS{5}Which
is
a clear sign
of
the decision
which
God
in
his righteousness
has made;
to give
you
a part
in
his
kingdom,
for
which
you
have undergone
this pain;
\VS{6}For it
is
an act
of righteousness
on God's part
to
give
trouble
as
their reward
to
those
who
are troubling
you,
\VS{7}And
to
you
who
are troubled,
rest
with
us,
when
the
Lord
Jesus
comes
from
heaven
with
the
angels
of
his
power
in flames
of fire,
\VS{8}To
give
punishment
to
those
who
have
no knowledge
of
God,
and
to
those
who
do
not
give ear
to
the
good
news
of
our
Lord
Jesus:
\VS{9}Whose reward
will
be
eternal
destruction
from
the
face
of
the
Lord
and
from
the
glory
of
his
strength,
\VS{10}At
his
coming,
when
he
will
have glory
in
his
saints,
and
will
be
a cause
of
wonder
in
all
those
who
had
faith (because
our
witness
among
you
had effect)
in
that
day.
\VS{11}For
this reason,
you
are ever
in
our
prayers,
that
you
may seem
to
our
God
such
as
may
have
a
part
in
his
purpose
and
that
by
his
power
he
will
make
all
his
good
purpose,
and
the
work
of
faith,
complete;
\VS{12}So
that glory
may
be given
to
the
name
of
our
Lord
Jesus
through
you,
and
you
may
have glory
in
him,
by
the
grace
of
our
God
and
the
Lord
Jesus
Christ.

\par }\Chap{2}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Now
as
to
the
coming
of
the
Lord
Jesus
Christ,
and
our meeting
with
him,
it
is
our desire,
my
brothers,
\VS{2}That
you
may
not
be moved
in
mind
or troubled
by
a
spirit,
or
by
a
word,
or
by
a
letter
as
from
us,
with
the suggestion
that
the
day
of
the
Lord
is
even
now
come;
\VS{3}Give
no belief
to false
words:
because
there
will
first
be
a falling away
from
the faith,
and
the
revelation
of
the
man
of sin,
the
son
of
destruction,
\VS{4}Who puts
himself
against
all authority, lifting
himself
up
over
all
which
is
named
God
or
is given
worship;
so
that
he
takes
his
seat
in
the
Temple
of
God, putting
himself forward
as
God.
\VS{5}Have
you
no memory
of
what
I
said
when
I
was
with
you, giving
you word
of
these
things?
\VS{6}And
now
it
is clear
to
you
what
is keeping
back
his
revelation till
the
time
comes
for
him
to
be
seen.
\VS{7}For
the secret
of evil
is
even
now
at
work:
but
there
is
one
who
is keeping back
the evil till
he
is
taken
out
of
the
way.
\VS{8}And
then
will
come
the
revelation
of
that evil
one,
whom
the
Lord
Jesus
will
put
to
death
with
the
breath
of
his
mouth,
and give
to destruction
by
the
revelation
of
his
coming;
\VS{9}Even
the
one
whose
coming
is marked
by
the
working
of
Satan,
with
all
power
and
signs
and
false
wonders,
\VS{10}And
with
every
deceit
of wrongdoing
among
those
whose fate
is destruction;
because
they
were
quite
without
that
love
of
the
true
faith
by
which
they
might
have
salvation.
\VS{11}And
for
this cause,
God
will give
them
up
to
the power
of deceit
and
they
will
put
their
faith
in
what
is
false:
\VS{12}So
that
they
all
may
be
judged,
who
had
no
faith
in
what
is
true,
but
took
pleasure
in
evil.
\VS{13}But
it
is
right
for
us
to
give praise
to
God
at
all
times
for
you,
brothers,
loved
by
the
Lord,
because
it
was
the
purpose
of
God
from
the
first
that
you
might
have
salvation,
being made holy
by
the
Spirit
and
by
faith
in
what
is
true:
\VS{14}And
in
this
purpose
he gave
you
a
part
through
the
good
news
of
which
we
were
the preachers,
even
that
you
might
have
part
in
the
glory
of
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ.
\VS{15}So
then,
brothers,
be strong
in
purpose,
and keep
the
teaching
which
has
been given
to
you
by
word
or
by
letter
from us.
\VS{16}Now
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ
himself,
and
God
our
Father
who
had
love
for
us
and
has
given
us
eternal
comfort
and
good
hope
through
grace,
\VS{17}Give
you
comfort
and strength
in
every
good
work
and
word.

\par }\Chap{3}{\PP \VerseOne{1}For
the rest,
my
brothers,
let there
be
prayer
for
us
that
the
word
of
the
Lord
may go forward
with increasing
glory,
even
as
it does
with
you;
\VS{2}And
that
we
may
be made
free
from foolish
and
evil
men;
for
not
all
have
faith.
\VS{3}But
the
Lord
is true,
who
will give
you strength
and
keep
you safe
from
evil.
\VS{4}And
we
have
faith
in
the
Lord
about
you,
that
you
are
doing
and
will
do
the
things
about
which
we
give
you
orders.
\VS{5}And
may
your
hearts
be guided
by
the
Lord
into
the
love
of
God
and quiet waiting
for
Christ.
\VS{6}Now
we
give
you
orders,
brothers,
in
the
name
of
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ,
to
keep
away
from
all
those
whose behaviour
is
not
well
ordered
and
in harmony
with
the teaching
which
they
had
from
us.
\VS{7}For
you
yourselves
are used
to taking
us
as
your
example,
because
our life
among
you
was ruled
by order,
\VS{8}And
we
did
not take
food
from
any
man
for
nothing,
but
were working hard
night
and
day
not
to
be
a
trouble
to
any
of
you:
\VS{9}Not
because
we
have
not
the
right,
but
to
make
ourselves
an
example
to
you,
so
that
you
might
do
the same.
\VS{10}For
even
when
we
were
with
you
we
gave
you
orders,
saying,
If
any
man
does
no
work,
let
him
not
have food.
\VS{11}For
it
has
come
to
our
ears
that
there are
some
among
you whose behaviour
is uncontrolled,
who
do
no
work
at
all,
but are over-interested
in
the business
of
others.
\VS{12}Now
to
such
we
give
orders
and make request
in
the
Lord
Jesus,
that, working
quietly,
they get
their living.
\VS{13}And
you, my
brothers,
do
not get tired
of well-doing.
\VS{14}And
if
any
man
does
not give attention
to
what
we
have
said
in
this
letter,
take
note
of
that
man,
and
keep away
from
him,
so
that
he
may
be shamed.
\VS{15}Have
no feeling
of hate
for
him,
but take
him
in hand seriously
as
a
brother.
\VS{16}Now
the
Lord
of
peace
himself
give
you
peace
at
all times
and
in
every
way.
May
the
Lord
be
with
you
all.
\VS{17}These words
of love
to
you
at
the end
are
in
my
writing, Paul's
writing,
and
this
is
the
mark
of
every
letter
from me.
\VS{18}May
the
grace
of
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ
be
with
you
all.
\par }