2nd Thessalonians

Chapter 1

At his Second Coming, the Lord Jesus will take vengeance upon the ungodly.

 1 Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, ^aunto the ^bchurch 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 ^achurches of God for your ^bpatience and faith in all your ^cpersecutions 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 ^asuffer:

 6 Seeing it is a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to them that trouble you;

 7 And to you who are troubled ^arest with us, when the ^bLord Jesus shall be ^crevealed from heaven with his mighty ^dangels,

 8 In flaming ^afire taking ^bvengeance on them that know not God, and that ^cobey not the ^dgospel of our Lord Jesus Christ:

 9 Who shall be ^apunished with ^beverlasting ^cdestruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power;

 10 When he shall come to be ^aglorified in his ^bsaints, 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 ^aworthy 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 ^agrace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.

Chapter 2

Apostasy is to precede the Second Coming—The gospel prepares men for eternal glory.

 1 Now we beseech you, brethren, ^aby the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him,

 2 That ye be not soon shaken in mind, ^aor be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by ^bletter as from us, as that the ^cday of Christ is at hand.

 3 Let no man deceive you by any means: ^afor that day shall not come, except there come a ^bfalling away first, and that ^cman of ^dsin be revealed, the son of perdition;

 4 Who ^aopposeth 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 ^awhat withholdeth that he might be ^brevealed in his time.

 7 ^aFor the ^bmystery of ^ciniquity doth already work: only ^dhe who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way.

 8 And then shall that ^aWicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his ^bcoming:

 9 Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all ^apower and ^bsigns 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 ^adamned who ^bbelieved 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 ^achosen you to salvation through ^bsanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth:

 14 Whereunto he called you by our ^agospel, 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 ^aloved us, and hath given us everlasting ^bconsolation and good hope through ^cgrace,

 17 Comfort your hearts, and stablish you in every good word and work.

Chapter 3

Pray for the triumph of the gospel cause—Paul preaches the gospel of work—Be not weary in well-doing.

 1 Finally, brethren, pray for us, that the word of the Lord ^amay have free course, and be glorified, even as it is with you:

 2 And that we may be delivered from ^aunreasonable and wicked men: for all men have not faith.

 3 But the Lord is faithful, who shall stablish you, and keep you from ^aevil.

 4 And we have ^aconfidence in the Lord touching you, that ye both do and will do the things which we command you.

 5 And the Lord ^adirect your hearts into the ^blove 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 ^awithdraw yourselves from every brother that walketh ^bdisorderly, and not after the tradition which he received of us.

 7 For yourselves know how ye ought to ^afollow us: for we ^bbehaved not ourselves disorderly among you;

 8 Neither did we eat any man’s bread ^afor nought; but wrought with ^blabour and travail night and day, that we might not be chargeable to any of you:

 9 Not because we have not ^apower, but to make ourselves an ^bensample unto you to follow us.

 10 For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not ^awork, neither should he eat.

 11 For we hear that there are some which walk among you ^adisorderly, 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 ^abread.

 13 But ye, brethren, be not ^aweary 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 ^aenemy, but ^badmonish him as a ^cbrother.

 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 ^ahand, 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.