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2 Thessalonians 3

Third Millennium Bible TMB

1 Finally, brethren, pray for us, that the Word of the Lord may have free course and be glorified, even as it is with you,

2 and that we may be delivered from unreasonable and wicked men; for not all men have faith.

3 But the Lord is faithful, who shall establish you and keep you from evil.

4 And we have confidence in the Lord concerning you, that ye both do, and will do, the things which we command you.

5 And may the Lord direct your hearts into the love 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 withdraw yourselves from every brother who walketh disorderly and not according to the tradition which he received from us.

7 For you yourselves know how ye ought to follow us, for we did not behave disorderly among you;

8 neither did we eat any man's bread for naught, but wrought with labor and travail night and day, that we might not be chargeable to any of you,

9 not because we have not power, but to make ourselves an example unto you to follow us.

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

11 For we hear that there are some among you who walk disorderly, working not at all, but are busybodies.

12 Now those who are such, we command and exhort by our Lord Jesus Christ that they work with quietness and eat their own bread.

13 But ye, brethren, be not weary in well-doing.

14 And if any man obey not our word in this epistle, note that man and have no company with him, that he may be ashamed.

15 Yet count him not as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother.

16 Now the Lord of peace Himself give you peace always by all means. The Lord be with you all.

17 This salutation of Paul is with mine own hand, which is the token in every epistle: so I write.

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

GOD'S WORD Translation GW

1 Finally, brothers and sisters, pray that we spread the Lord's word rapidly and that it will be honored the way it was among you.

2 Also pray that we may be rescued from worthless and evil people, since not everyone shares our faith.

3 But the Lord is faithful and will strengthen you and protect you against the evil one.

4 The Lord gives us confidence that you are doing and will continue to do what we ordered you to do.

5 May the Lord direct your lives as you show God's love and Christ's endurance.

6 Brothers and sisters, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ we order you not to associate with any believer who doesn't live a disciplined life and doesn't follow the tradition you received from us.

7 You know what you must do to imitate us. We lived a disciplined life among you.

8 We didn't eat anyone's food without paying for it. Instead, we worked hard and struggled night and day in order not to be a burden to any of you.

9 It's not as though we didn't have a right to receive support. Rather, we wanted to set an example for you to follow.

10 While we were with you, we gave you the order: "Whoever doesn't want to work shouldn't be allowed to eat."

11 We hear that some of you are not living disciplined lives. You're not working, so you go around interfering in other people's lives.

12 We order and encourage such people by the Lord Jesus Christ to pay attention to their own work so they can support themselves.

13 Brothers and sisters, we can't allow ourselves to get tired of doing what is right.

14 It may be that some people will not listen to what we say in this letter. Take note of them and don't associate with them so that they will feel ashamed.

15 Yet, don't treat them like enemies, but instruct them like brothers and sisters.

16 May the Lord of peace give you his peace at all times and in every way. The Lord be with all of you.

17 I, Paul, am writing this greeting with my own hand. In every letter that I send, this is proof that I wrote it.

18 The good will of our Lord Jesus Christ be with all of you.