Paul and Silvanus and Timothy to the  ¹church of the  ²Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ:

Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

We ought to thank God always concerning you, brothers, even as it is fitting, because your  ¹faith grows exceedingly and the love of each one of you all to one another is increasing,

So that we ourselves boast in you among the churches of God concerning your  ¹endurance and faith in all your persecutions and the afflictions which you bear,

A plain indication of the  ¹righteous judgment of God, that you may be accounted worthy of the  ²kingdom of God, for which also you suffer;

Since it is just with God to repay with affliction those afflicting you,

And to you who are being afflicted,  ¹rest with us at the revelation of the Lord Jesus from heaven with the angels of His power, in flaming fire,

Rendering vengeance to those who do not know God and to those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus  ¹Christ.

They will pay the penalty of eternal destruction from the  ¹presence of the Lord and from the glory of His strength

When He comes to be  ¹glorified in His saints and to be marveled at in all those who have believed (because our testimony to you was believed) in that day.

For which also we pray always concerning you, that our God may count you worthy of your calling and may fulfill in power your every  ¹good intention for goodness and your work of faith,

So that the name of our Lord Jesus may be glorified in you, and you in Him, according to the  ¹grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.

Now we ask you, brothers,  ¹with regard to the  ²coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our gathering together  ³to Him,

That you be not quickly shaken  ¹in mind nor alarmed, neither by a  ²spirit nor by word nor by a letter as if by us, to the effect that the  ³day of the Lord has come.

Let no one  ¹deceive you in any way, because it will not come unless the  ²apostasy comes first and the  ³man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of perdition,

Who opposes and  ¹exalts himself above all that is called God or an object of worship, so that he sits in the  ²temple of God, setting himself forth, saying that he is God.

Do you not remember that while I was still with you, I said these things to you?

And now you know that which  ¹restrains, so that he might be revealed in his own  ²time.

For it is the  ¹mystery of lawlessness that is now operating, but only until the one now restraining  ²goes out of the way.

And then the lawless one will be revealed (whom the Lord Jesus will  ¹slay by the  ²breath of His mouth and bring to nothing by the  ³manifestation of His  ⁴coming),

The coming of whom is  ¹according to Satan's operation in all power and signs and wonders of a  ²lie

And in all deceit of unrighteousness among those who are perishing, because they did not receive the love of the truth that they might be saved.

And  ¹because of this God sends to them an operation of error that they might believe the lie,

So that all who have not believed the truth but have taken  ¹pleasure in unrighteousness might be judged.

But we ought to thank God always concerning you, brothers beloved of the Lord, because God  ¹chose you  ²from the beginning unto salvation in  ³sanctification of the Spirit and  ⁴belief of the truth,

To  ¹which also He called you through our gospel unto the obtaining of the  ²glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.

So then, brothers, stand firm and hold to the  ¹things which were handed down to you and which you were taught, whether by word or by our letter.

Now our  ¹Lord Jesus Christ Himself and God our Father, who has loved us and given us  ²eternal comfort and  ³good hope in  ⁴grace,

Comfort your hearts and establish you in every good work and word.

Finally, brothers, pray concerning us, that the word of the Lord may run and be  ¹glorified, even as it is also  ²with you;

And that we may be delivered from unreasonable and evil men, for the faith does not belong to all.

But the Lord is faithful, who will  ¹establish you and  ²guard you from the evil one.

And we have confidence in the Lord concerning you that what we  ¹charge, you both are doing and will do.

And the Lord  ¹direct your hearts  ²into the  ³love of God and  ⁴into the  ⁵endurance of Christ.

Now we charge you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you keep away from every brother  ¹walking disorderly and not according to the  ²things which were handed down to you and which you received from us.

For you yourselves know how you ought to imitate us, because we were  ¹not disorderly among you;

Nor did we eat bread as a gift from anyone, but in labor and hardship we worked night and day so that we would not be burdensome to any of you;

Not because we do not have the right, but in order that we might give ourselves to you as a pattern that you might imitate us.

For even when we were with you, we gave you this charge, that if anyone does not want to work, neither should he eat.

For we hear of some walking among you disorderly, doing no work at all, but being  ¹busybodies.

Now such ones we charge and exhort in the Lord Jesus Christ to work with quietness and eat their own bread.

But you, brothers, do not lose heart in doing good.

And if anyone does not obey our word through this letter, mark this one so as  ¹not to mingle with him, in order that he may be ashamed.

Yet do not regard him as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother.

Now the Lord of peace Himself give you  ¹peace continually in every way. The Lord be with you all.

The greeting in my own hand — Paul — which is the mark in every letter; so I write.

The  ¹grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all.