Chapter 1
1 Paul, Silas, and Timothy, to the church of the Thessalonians united in God our Father and in Jesus Christ the Lord:
2 Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ!
3 We ought always to thank God for you, brothers, and rightly so, because your faith is growing more and more, and your love for one another is increasing.
4 Therefore we ourselves in the churches of God boast about you because of your steadfastness and faithfulness in the midst of all the persecutions and tribulations you have had to endure.
5 They are evidence of God’s righteous judgment, that you will be judged worthy of the kingdom of God, for which you are suffering.
6 Is it not right before God to repay with affliction those who afflict you?,
7 and to give rest to you who are afflicted, along with us, on the day when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with his mighty messengers,
8 in the midst of a flame of fire, to bring justice to those who do not know God and to those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.
9 They will suffer the punishment of eternal damnation, away from the presence of the Lord and from the splendor of his power,
10 on the day when he comes to be glorified in his saints and to be praised by all who have believed. — As for you, you have believed the testimony that we gave to you.
11 In this expectation, we pray constantly for you, that God may make you worthy of his calling and that he may effectively accomplish every good desire and exercise of your faith,
12 so that the name of our Lord Jesus may be glorified in you, and you in him, through the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Chapter 2
1 Now concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered together to him, we ask you, brothers and sisters,
2. Not to be easily shaken in your feelings, nor alarmed, either by any spirit, or by any word or letter supposed to come from us, as though the day of the Lord were imminent.
3 Let no one deceive you in any way; for first the rebellion will come, and the man of lawlessness will be revealed, the son of destruction,
4 The adversary who exalts himself against everything that is called God or honored with worship, so that he sits as God in the sanctuary of God, and presents himself as God.
5 Don't you remember that I told you these things when I was still with you?
6 And now you know what is holding him back, so that he may be revealed in his time.
7 For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work, but only until he who now restrains it is made known.
8 And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord (Jesus) will destroy with the breath of his mouth, and annihilate by the splendor of his coming.
9 In his appearance the lawless one will be accompanied by all kinds of displays of power through Satan, signs and wonders that serve the lie,
10 with all the deceptions of iniquity, for those who are perishing, because they did not open their hearts to the love of the truth and so saved them.
11 That is why God sends them powerful illusions that will make them believe the lie,
12 so that all those who have rejected the truth and have instead delighted in wickedness will fall under his judgment.
13 But we ought always to give thanks to God for you, brothers loved by the Lord, because God chose you from the beginning to be saved through sanctification by the Spirit and belief in the truth.
14 To this he called you through our preaching of the gospel, to obtain for you the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.
15 Therefore, brothers, stand firm and hold fast to the teachings that you received, whether by word of mouth or by our letter.
16 May our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our Father, who loved us and by his grace gave us eternal comfort and good hope,
17. May God comfort your hearts and strengthen you in every good work and word!
Chapter 3
1 Finally, brothers and sisters, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may spread rapidly and be honored, just as it was with you.,
2 and so that we may be delivered from wicked and perverse men; for faith is not the portion of all.
3 But the Lord is faithful; he will strengthen you and protect you from evil.
4 We have confidence in you in the Lord, that you are doing and will continue to do what we command you.
5 May the Lord direct your hearts in the love of God and patience of Christ!
6 We command you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to separate yourselves from every brother who is living in idleness and not according to the instructions received from us.
7 You yourselves know what you ought to do to imitate us; for we had nothing improper among you.
8 We did not eat anyone's bread without paying for it; but we worked night and day, in toil and labor, so that we would not be a burden to any of you.
9 Not that we did not have the right; but we wanted to give you in ourselves an example to imitate.
10 For we also told you, when we were with you, that if anyone is unwilling to work, he should not eat.
11 However, we hear that there are disorderly people among you, who do not work, but are busy with vain things.
12 We invite them and urge them in the Lord Jesus Christ to work quietly so that they may eat bread that belongs to them.
13 As for you, brothers, do not grow weary of doing good.
14 And if anyone does not obey the order given by this letter, take note of him, and, to shame him, do not associate with him anymore.
15 Yet do not regard him as an enemy, but warn him as a brother.
16 May the Lord of peace gives it to you peace At all times, in every way! May the Lord be with all!
17 THE GREETING IS IN MY OWN HAND, PAUL'S; THIS IS MY SIGNATURE IN ALL THE LETTERS: THIS IS HOW I WRITE.
18 May the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all!
