GetPassageurn:cts:pbc:bible.parallel.eng.darby:53urn:cts:pbc:bible.parallel.eng.darby:53Paul and Silvanus and Timotheus to the assembly of Thessalonians 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 for you , brethren , even as it is meet , because your faith increases exceedingly , and the love of each one of you all towards one another abounds ; so that we ourselves make our boast in you in the assemblies of God for your endurance and faith in all your persecutions and tribulations , which ye are sustaining ; a manifest token of the righteous judgment of God , to the end that ye should be counted worthy of the kingdom of God , for the sake of which ye also suffer ; if at least [ it is a ] righteous thing with God to render tribulation to those that trouble you , and to you that are troubled repose with us , at the revelation of the Lord Jesus from heaven , with [ the ] angels of his power , in flaming fire taking vengeance on those who know not God , and those who do not obey the glad tidings of our Lord Jesus Christ ; who shall pay the penalty [ of ] everlasting destruction from [ the ] presence of the Lord , and from the glory of his might , when he shall have come to be glorified in his saints , and wondered at in all that have believed , ( for our testimony to you has been believed , ) in that day . To which end we also pray always for you , that our God may count you worthy of the calling , and fulfil all [ the ] good pleasure of [ his ] goodness and [ the ] work of faith with power , so 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 of [ the ] Lord Jesus Christ . Now we beg you , brethren , by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our gathering together to him , that ye be not soon shaken in mind , nor troubled , neither by spirit , nor by word , nor by letter , as [ if it were ] by us , as that the day of the Lord is present . Let not any one deceive you in any manner , because [ it will not be ] unless the apostasy have first come , and the man of sin have been revealed , the son of perdition ; who opposes and exalts himself on high against all called God , or object of veneration ; so that he himself sits down in the temple of God , shewing himself that he is God . Do ye not remember that , being yet with you , I said these things to you ? And now ye know that which restrains , that he should be revealed in his own time . For the mystery of lawlessness already works ; only [ there is ] he who restrains now until he be gone , and then the lawless one shall be revealed , whom the Lord Jesus shall consume with the breath of his mouth , and shall annul by the appearing of his coming ; whose coming is according to the working of Satan in all power and signs and wonders of falsehood , and in all deceit of unrighteousness to them that perish , because they have not received the love of the truth that they might be saved . And for this reason God sends to them a working of error , that they should believe what is false , that all might be judged who have not believed the truth , but have found pleasure in unrighteousness . But we ought to give thanks to God always for you , brethren beloved of [ the ] Lord , that God has chosen you from [ the ] beginning to salvation in sanctification of [ the ] Spirit and belief of [ the ] truth : whereto he has called you by our glad tidings , to [ the ] obtaining of [ the ] glory of our Lord Jesus Christ . So then , brethren , stand firm , and hold fast the instructions which ye have been taught , whether by word or by our letter . But our Lord Jesus Christ himself , and our God and Father , who has loved us , and given [ us ] eternal consolation and good hope by grace , encourage your hearts , and establish you in every good work and word . For the rest , brethren , pray for us , that the word of the Lord may run and be glorified , even as also with you ; and that we may be delivered from bad and evil men , for faith [ is ] not [ the portion ] of all . But the Lord is faithful , who shall establish you and keep [ you ] from evil . But we trust in the Lord as to you , that the things which we enjoin , ye both do and will do . But the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God , and into the patience of the Christ . Now we enjoin you , brethren , in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ , that ye withdraw from every brother walking disorderly and not according to the instruction which he received from us . For ye know yourselves how ye ought to imitate us , because we have not walked disorderly among you ; nor have we eaten bread from any one without cost ; but in toil and hardship working night and day not to be chargeable to any one of you : not that we have not the right , but that we might give ourselves as an example to you , in order to your imitating us . For also when we were with you we enjoined you this , that if any man does not like to work , neither let him eat . For we hear that [ there are ] some walking among you disorderly , not working at all , but busybodies . Now such we enjoin and exhort in [ the ] Lord Jesus Christ , that working quietly they eat their own bread . But * ye * , brethren , do not faint in well-doing . But if any one obey not our word by the letter , mark that man , and do not keep company with him , that he may be ashamed of himself ; and do not esteem him as an enemy , but admonish [ him ] as a brother . But the Lord of peace himself give you peace continually in every way . The Lord [ be ] with you all . The salutation by the hand of me , Paul , which is [ the ] mark in every letter ; so I write . The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ [ be ] with you all .