Pray for Us

2 Thessalonians 3

Finally, siblings, y’all pray for us that the word of the Lord may spread rapidly and be honored, just as it was with y’all, and that we may be delivered from unreasonable and evil humans. For not everyone has faith. But the Lord is faithful, and ʜᴇ will strengthen y’all and protect y’all from the evil one. We have confidence in the Lord concerning y’all, that y’all are doing and will continue to do the things we command. May the Lord direct y’all’s hearts into God’s love and into the perseverance of Christ.

Warning Against Wasting Life

Now we command y’all, siblings, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that y’all keep yourselves* away from any sibling who lives a disordered life not according to the tradition they received from us. For y’all know how you* should follow our example. For we weren’t disordered when we were with y’all, and we didn’t eat anyone’s bread without paying for it. We worked night and day, through toil and hardship, so that we wouldn’t be a burden to any of y’all. This was not because we don’t have that right, but in order to offer ourselves an example for y’all to imitate us. For even when we were with y’all, we gave you* this rule: “If anyone is not willing to work, that person is not to eat.” For we hear that some among y’all are living disordered lives. They don’t actually work, but busy themselves with useless matters. Now such people we command and urge in the Lord Jesus Christ, that they work quietly and eat the food they earn.

As for you*, siblings, don’t y’all grow weary of what is right. If anyone doesn’t obey our instruction in this letter, y’all take note of that person and don’t associate closely with them, so that they feel ashamed. But y’all must not consider that person to be an enemy, rather y’all are to admonish them as a sibling.

Closing Greetings

Now may the Lord of peace ʜɪᴍꜱᴇʟꜰ give y’all peace at all times and in every way.

I, Paul, write this greeting with my own hand, which is the distinguishing mark in all my letters. This is how I write. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with all y’all.