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Paul, and Silvanus, and Timothy, untoto the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ;: |
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We areought boundalways to give thanks to God always for you, brethren, even as it is meetonly fitting, forbecause that your faith growethis exceedinglygreatly enlarged, and the love of each one of you all toward one another aboundethgrows ever greater; |
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sotherefore, that we ourselves gloryspeak inproudly of you inamong the churches of God for your patienceperseverance and faith in the midst of all your persecutions and in the afflictions which yeyou endure;. |
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whichThis is a manifestplain tokenindication of theGods righteous judgment ofso God; to the end that yeyou may be countedconsidered worthy of the kingdom of God, for which yeindeed alsoyou suffer:are suffering. |
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ifFor soafter beall that it is aonly righteousjust thingfor with God to recompenserepay with affliction tothose themwho that afflict you, |
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and to give relief to you thatwho are afflicted restand withto us, atas thewell revelationwhen of the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with theHis mighty angels of his power in flaming fire, |
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renderingdealing vengeanceout retribution to themthose thatwho knowdo not know God, and to themthose thatwho obeydo not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus:. |
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whoAnd shallthese sufferwill punishment,pay eventhe penalty of eternal destruction, away from the facepresence of the Lord and from the glory of hisHis mightpower, |
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when heHe shallcomes come to be glorified in hisHis saints on that day, and to be marvelledmarveled at inamong all themwho thathave believed becausefor our testimony untoto you was believed in that day. |
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To whichthis end also we also pray always for you, always that our God may count you worthy of your calling, and fulfilfulfill every desire offor goodness and everythe work of faith, with power; |
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in order that the name of our Lord Jesus may be glorified in you, and yeyou in himHim, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ. |
| 2:1 |
Now we beseechrequest you, brethren, touchingwith regard to the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and our gathering together untoto him;Him, |
| 2:2 |
tothat theyou endmay thatnot ye be not quickly shaken from your mind,composure noror yet be troubled,disturbed either by a spirit, or bya word,message or bya epistleletter as if from us, asto the effect that the day of the Lord ishas just at hand;come. |
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letLet no manone beguile you in any wise:way deceive you, for it will not be,come exceptunless the fallingapostasy awaycomes come first, and the man of sinlawlessness beis revealed, the son of perditiondestruction, |
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hewho thatopposes opposeth and exaltethexalts himself againstabove allevery thatso is called Godgod or thatobject isof worshipped;worship, so that he sittethtakes his seat in the temple of God, settingdisplaying himself forth as being God. |
| 2:5 |
RememberDo yeyou not, remember that, whenwhile I was yetstill with you, I toldwas telling you these things? |
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And nowyou ye know thatwhat whichrestrains restrainethhim now, toso thethat endin thathis time he may be revealed in his own season. |
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For the mystery of lawlessness dothis already at work:; only therehe iswho onenow thatrestrains restrainethwill now,do so until he beis taken out of the way. |
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And then shallthat belawless revealedone thewill lawlessbe one,revealed whom the Lord Jesuswill shall slay with the breath of hisHis mouth, and bring to noughtan end by the manifestationappearance of hisHis coming; |
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eventhat heis, the one whose coming is accordingin toaccord with the workingactivity of Satan, with all power and signs and lyingfalse wonders, |
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and with all deceitthe deception of unrighteousnesswickedness for themthose thatwho perish;, because they receiveddid not receive the love of the truth, thatso theyas mightto be saved. |
| 2:11 |
And for this causereason God sendethwill send upon them a workingdeluding ofinfluence error,so that they shouldmight believe awhat lie:is false, |
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in order that they all mightmay be judged who believeddid not believe the truth, but hadtook pleasure in unrighteousnesswickedness. |
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But we areshould boundalways to give thanks to God always for you, brethren beloved ofby the Lord, forbecause that God chosehas chosen you from the beginning untofor salvation inthrough sanctification ofby the Spirit and belieffaith ofin the truth:. |
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whereuntoAnd heit was for this He called you through our gospel, tothat theyou obtainingmay ofgain the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. |
| 2:15 |
So then, brethren, stand fast,firm and hold to the traditions which yeyou were taught, whether by word, of mouth or by epistleletter offrom oursus. |
| 2:16 |
Now may our Lord Jesus Christ himself,Himself and God our Father, who has loved us and gavegiven us eternal comfort and good hope throughby grace, |
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comfort and strengthen your hearts and establish them in every good work and word. |
| 3:1 |
Finally, brethren, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may runspread rapidly and be glorified, evenjust as also it isdid also with you; |
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and that we may be delivered from unreasonableperverse and evil men; for not all have not faith. |
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But the Lord is faithful, whoand shallHe establishwill you,strengthen and guardprotect you from the evil one. |
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And we have confidence in the Lord touchingconcerning you, that yeyou bothare dodoing and will docontinue theto thingsdo whichwhat we command. |
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And may the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God, and into the patiencesteadfastness of Christ. |
| 3:6 |
Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that yeyou withdrawkeep yourselvesaloof from every brother thatwho walkethleads disorderly,an unruly life and not afteraccording to the tradition which theyyou received offrom us. |
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For you yourselves know how yeyou ought to imitatefollow us:our forexample, because we behaveddid not ourselvesact disorderlyin an undisciplined manner among you;, |
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neithernor did we eat anyones bread forwithout noughtpaying atfor any mans handit, but inwith labor and travail,hardship we kept working night and day, so that we might not be a burden to any of you:; |
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not because we havedo not have the right to this, but in order to makeoffer ourselves anas ensamplea untomodel for you, that yeyou shouldmight imitatefollow usour example. |
| 3:10 |
For even when we were with you, this we commandedused to give you, Ifthis anyorder: if anyone will not work, neither let him eat. |
| 3:11 |
For we hear ofthat some that walk among you disorderlyare leading an undisciplined life, thatdoing no work not at all, but areacting like busybodies. |
| 3:12 |
Now themsuch thatpersons are such we command and exhort in the Lord Jesus Christ, thatto withwork quietnessin theyquiet work,fashion and eat their own bread. |
| 3:13 |
But yeas for you, brethren, bedo not grow weary inof welldoing doinggood. |
| 3:14 |
And if anyanyone mandoes obeyeth not obey our wordinstruction byin this epistleletter, take special note of that man, thatand yedo havenot noassociate company with him, toso the end that he may be ashamedput to shame. |
| 3:15 |
And yet countdo not regard him not as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother. |
| 3:16 |
Now may the Lord of peace himselfHimself givecontinually grant you peace at all times in allevery wayscircumstance. The Lord be with you all.! |
| 3:17 |
TheI, salutationPaul, ofwrite methis Paulgreeting with minemy own hand, whichand this is thea tokendistinguishing mark in every epistle:letter; sothis is the way I write. |