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The Second Letter of Paul to the Thessalonians

SECOND THESSALONIANS CHAPTER 1

1:1Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy to the gathering of the called-out ones of the Thessalonians in God our Father and in the Lord Jesus the Anointed One: 1:2May you have grace and peace from God the Father and the Lord Jesus the Anointed One.

1:3We are compelled to always give thanks to God for you, brethren. Your lives are worthy of such thanksgiving because your faith grows remarkably and your love for each other overflows, 1:4with the result that we boast about you in the gatherings of the called-out ones of God concerning your patience and faith during all your persecutions and through the sufferings which you endure. 1:5This is clear evidence of the righteous judgment of God so that you may be considered worthy of the kingdom of God, for which you also suffer.

1:6It is also clear that God considers it justice to pay back with suffering those who cause you to suffer 1:7and to give you who are suffering rest together with us. This will happen when the Lord Jesus is revealed, descending from heaven with his powerful angels; 1:8taking revenge with flaming fire on those who don’t know God and on those who don’t obey the message of good news about our Lord.

1:9These individuals will suffer the penalty of eternal destruction which comes from the face of the Lord and from the radiant brilliance of his power. 1:10This will occur on the day in which he will be glorified in his holy ones and be admired in all those who have believed (because our testimony to you was believed).

1:11This is the reason that we always pray for you so that our God would consider you worthy of this calling. We also pray that by his power you would fulfill every one of his good desires and complete every work of faith. 1:12In this way the name of our Lord Jesus will be glorified in you and you will be glorified in him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus the Anointed One.

SECOND THESSALONIANS CHAPTER 2

2:1Now we beg you, brethren – concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus the Anointed One and our gathering together to him – 2:2not to become easily agitated in your mind or be disturbed, neither by any spirit, nor by any “word,” nor by any letter claiming to be from us declaring that the day of the Lord [the millennial kingdom] has arrived.

2:3Don’t let anyone fool you in any way. For that “day” will not come unless the great apostasy comes first and the man of the sin is revealed. This is the one destined for destruction, 2:4even the one who will set himself against and exalt himself above all that is called God or that is worshipped so that he will sit in the temple of God, thus declaring himself to be God. [The sin of verse 3.]

2:5Don’t you remember that when I was still with you, I told you these things? 2:6Yet for now, remember that there is something restraining this event so that he will be revealed at the right time. 2:7For the secret plan to perpetrate this sin is already in operation, only there is something which is restraining it right now until it is taken out of the way.*

*This “something” is the restraining hand of God.

2:8And then the law violator will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will slay with the breath of his mouth and bring to nothing by the intense brightness of his presence.

2:9This is the one whose appearing will be supported by the operation of Satan with all kinds of power, signs, and pseudo miracles. 2:10Using every kind of deception concerning the injustice of his programs and policies, he will mislead the ones who are going to be destroyed. These are ones who, because they didn’t love the truth, didn’t receive it so that they might have been saved.

2:11And for this reason God will send upon them a strong delusion so that they will believe the lie, 2:12and so that those who didn’t believe the truth but approved of the injustice of the man of the sin might all be judged.

2:13But we are compelled to always give thanks to God for you brethren who are loved by the Lord because God chose you from the beginning to receive a complete salvation through being made holy by the Spirit and by having faith in the truth. 2:14This is what he called you to through our good news message so that you could be obtaining the glory of our Lord Jesus the Anointed One. 2:15So then, brethren, stand firm and hold onto the precepts which you were taught, whether by words or by letters from us.

2:16Now may our Lord Jesus the Anointed One himself and God our Father, who loved us and gave us eternal comfort and a wonderful hope through grace, 2:17comfort your hearts and establish them in every good work and word.

SECOND THESSALONIANS CHAPTER 3

3:1Finally, brethren, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may spread freely and be glorified even as it also is with you. 3:2And pray that we may be delivered from unreasonable and evil men, for not all have the faith.

3:3But the Lord is faithful. It is he who will establish you and protect you from the evil one. 3:4And we have confidence in the Lord concerning you that you now do and will keep on doing the things which we passed on to you. 3:5And may the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God and into the patience of the Anointed One.

3:6Now we charge you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus the Anointed One that you withdraw yourselves from every brother who will not work and is not living according to the example which they received from us.

3:7For you know how you ought to imitate us, for we were not idle while we were among you, 3:8neither did we look for free food from anyone, but we worked hard, laboring night and day so that we would not be a financial burden to any of you.

3:9This is not because we didn’t have the freedom to do so, but we chose to live this way to make ourselves an example to you so that you could imitate us. 3:10For even when we were with you, we charged you saying: “If anyone won’t work, neither let him eat.”

3:11For we hear about some who pass their time among you idly, who don’t work at all but spend their time meddling in other people’s affairs.* 3:12Now those who are like this we charge and exhort in the Lord Jesus the Anointed One that they work without disturbing others and earn money to pay for the food they eat.

3:13But you, brethren, don’t be discouraged in doing good.

3:14And if anyone won’t listen to our words from this letter, notice who he is and don’t continue to have close relationships with him so that he may be ashamed. 3:15Yet don’t consider him to be an enemy but admonish him as a brother.

3:16Now may the Lord of peace himself give you peace at all times and in everything. The Lord be with you all.

3:17This is my greeting in my own handwriting which is the evidence of authenticity in every letter which I Paul, write.

3:18The grace of our Lord Jesus the Anointed One be with you all.

*Some even have the audacity to call this “ministry.”

Words in this translation found in italics are words which are implied by the Greek text but do not represent actual words in the Greek text. This practice is common in almost all modern translations. Occasionally, this translator has added words to the translation which represent his own ideas and opinions which, although they are based on his own biblical understanding, are not part of the actual Greek text. Such words are enclosed in brackets, like this [ ]. The reader should understand these words as being the opinion of the translator. In contrast to this, the words in these braces { } indicate legitimate, alternative translations or explanations. Words within parentheses () are part of the original Greek text. Such parentheses are often used in other New Testament translations also.

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