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1 Finally, brothers,pray for us, that the word of the Lord may speed ahead and be honored, as happened among you,
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For the rest, brethren, pray for us that the word of God may run and may be glorified, even as among you:
2 and that we may be delivered from wicked and evil men. For not all have faith.
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And that we may be delivered from importunate and evil men: for all men have not faith.
3 But the Lord is faithful. He will establish you and guard you against the evil one.
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But God is faithful, who will strengthen and keep you from evil.
4 And we have confidence in the Lord about you, that you are doing and will do the things that we command.
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And we have confidence concerning you in the Lord that the things which we command, you both do and will do.
5 May the Lord direct your hearts to the love of God and to the steadfastness of Christ.
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And the Lord direct your hearts, in the charity of God and the patience of Christ.
6 Now we command you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you keep away from any brother who is walking in idleness and not in accord with the tradition that you received from us.
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And we charge you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you withdraw yourselves from every brother walking disorderly and not according to the tradition which they have received of us.
7 For you yourselves know how you ought to imitate us, because we were not idle when we were with you,
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For yourselves know how you ought to imitate us. For we were not disorderly among you.
8 nor did we eat anyone's bread without paying for it, but with toil and labor we worked night and day, that we might not be a burden to any of you.
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Neither did we eat any man’s bread for nothing: but in labour and in toil we worked night and day, lest we should be chargeable to any of you.
9 It was not because we do not have that right, but to give you in ourselves an example to imitate.
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Not as if we had not power: but that we might give ourselves a pattern unto you, to imitate us.
10 For even when we were with you, we would give you this command: If anyone is not willing to work, let him not eat.
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For also, when we were with you, this we declared to you: that, if any man will not work, neither let him eat.
11 For we hear that some among you walk in idleness, not busy at work, but busybodies.
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For we have heard there are some among you who walk disorderly: working not at all, but curiously meddling.
12 Now such persons we command and encourage in the Lord Jesus Christ to do their work quietly and to earn their own living.
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Now we charge them that are such and beseech them by the Lord Jesus Christ that, working with silence, they would eat their own bread.
13 As for you, brothers, do not grow weary in doing good.
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But you, brethren, be not weary in well doing.
14 If anyone does not obey what we say in this letter, take note of that person, and have nothing to do with him, that he may be ashamed.
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And if any man obey not our word by this epistle, note that man and do not keep company with him, that he may be ashamed.
15 Do not regard him as an enemy, but warn him as a brother.
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Yet do not esteem him as an enemy but admonish him as a brother.
16 Now may the Lord of peace himself give you peace at all times in every way. The Lord be with you all.
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Now the Lord of peace himself give you everlasting peace in every place. The Lord be with you all.
17 I, Paul, write this greeting with my own hand. This is the sign of genuineness in every letter of mine; it is the way I write.
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The salutation of Paul with my own hand: which is the sign in every epistle. So I write.
18 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all.
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The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.
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