SECOND THESSALONIANS
King James Version
1 ¶ Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, unto the church of
the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ:
2 Grace unto you,
and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
3 We are bound to
thank God always for you, brethren, as it is meet, because that your faith
groweth exceedingly, and the charity of every one of you all toward each other
aboundeth;
4 So that we ourselves
glory in you in the churches of God for your patience and faith in all your
persecutions and tribulations that ye endure:
5 ¶ Which is a manifest token of the righteous judgment
of God, that ye may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which ye also
suffer:
6 Seeing it is a
righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to them that trouble you;
7 And to you who are troubled rest with us,
when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels,
8 In flaming fire
taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our
Lord Jesus Christ:
9 Who shall be
punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from
the glory of his power;
10 When he shall
come to be glorified in his saints, and to be admired in all them that believe
(because our testimony among you was believed) in that day.
11 ¶ Wherefore also we pray always for you, that our God
would count you worthy of this calling, and fulfil all the good pleasure of his
goodness, and the work of faith with power:
12 That the name
of our Lord Jesus Christ may be glorified in you, and ye in him, according to
the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.
1 ¶ Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our
Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him,
2 That ye be not
soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by
letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand.
3 ¶ Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day
shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be
revealed, the son of perdition;
4 Who opposeth
and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so
that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.
5 Remember ye
not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things?
6 And now ye know
what withholdeth that he might be revealed in his time.
7 For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now
letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way.
8 And then shall
that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his
mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming:
9 Even him, whose
coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying
wonders,
10 And with all
deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received
not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
11 And for this
cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:
12 That they all
might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in
unrighteousness.
13 ¶ But we are bound to give thanks alway to God for
you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen
you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth:
14
Whereunto he called you by our gospel, to the obtaining of
the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.
15 Therefore, brethren,
stand fast, and hold the traditions which ye have been taught, whether by word,
or our epistle.
16 ¶ Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God, even our
Father, which hath loved us, and hath given us everlasting consolation and good
hope through grace,
17 Comfort your
hearts, and stablish you in every good word and work.
1 ¶ Finally, brethren, pray for us, that the word of the
Lord may have free course, and be glorified, even as it is with you:
2 And that we may
be delivered from unreasonable and wicked men: for all men have not faith.
3 But the Lord is
faithful, who shall stablish you, and keep you from evil.
4 And we have
confidence in the Lord touching you, that ye both do and will do the things
which we command you.
5 And the Lord
direct your hearts into the love of God, and into the patient waiting for
Christ.
6 ¶ Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord
Jesus Christ, that ye withdraw yourselves from every brother that walketh
disorderly, and not after the tradition which he received of us.
7 For yourselves know how ye ought to follow us: for we behaved not
ourselves disorderly among you;
8 Neither did we
eat any man's bread for nought; but wrought with labour and travail night and
day, that we might not be chargeable to any of you:
9 Not because we
have not power, but to make ourselves an ensample unto you to follow us.
10 For even when
we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither
should he eat.
11 For we hear
that there are some which walk among you disorderly, working not at all, but
are busybodies.
12 Now them that
are such we command and exhort by our Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness
they work, and eat their own bread.
13 But ye,
brethren, be not weary in well doing.
14 And if any man obey not our word by this
epistle, note that man, and have no company with him, that he may be ashamed.
15 Yet count him
not as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother.
16 ¶ Now the Lord of peace himself give you peace always
by all means. The Lord be with you all.
17 The salutation
of Paul with mine own hand, which is the token in every epistle: so I write.
18 The grace of
our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen. <<The second epistle to the
Thessalonians was written from Athens.>>