2 Thessalonians 3
1 Henceforth, brethren, pray ye for us, that the word of our Lord may, in every place, run and be glorified, as with you;
Finally, brothers, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may spread rapidly and be glorified, even as also with you;
2 and that we may be delivered from evil and perverse men; for faith is not in all.
and that we may be delivered from unreasonable and evil people; for not all have faith.
3 And faithful is the Lord, who will keep you and rescue you from the evil One.
But the Lord is faithful, who will establish you, and guard you from the evil one.
4 And we have confidence in you, through our Lord, that what we have inculcated on you, ye both have done, and will do.
We have confidence in the Lord concerning you, that you both do and will do the things we command.
5 And may our Lord direct your hearts to the love of God, and to a patient waiting for the Messiah.
May the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God, and into the patience of Messiah.
6 And we enjoin upon you, my brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus the Messiah, that ye withdraw from every brother who walketh wickedly, and not according to the precepts which ye received from us.
Now we command you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Yeshua the Messiah, that you withdraw yourselves from every brother who lives an undisciplined life, and not after the tradition which they received from us.
7 For ye know how ye ought to imitate us, who did not walk wickedly among you.
For you know how you ought to imitate us. For we were not undisciplined among you,
8 Neither did we eat bread gratuitously from any of you; but, with toil and weariness, we labored by night and by day, that we might not be burdensome to any of you.
neither did we eat bread from anyone's hand without paying for it, but in labor and travail worked night and day, that we might not burden any of you;
9 It was not because we have no authority, but that we might give you an example in ourselves, that ye might imitate us.
not because we do not have the right, but to make ourselves an example to you, that you should imitate us.
10 And while we were with you, we also gave you this precept, That every one who would not work, should likewise not eat.
For even when we were with you, we commanded you this: "If anyone will not work, neither let him eat."
11 For we hear, there are some among you who walk wickedly, and do nothing except vain things.
For we hear that some among you are living an undisciplined life, who do not work at all, but are busybodies.
12 Now such persons, we command and exhort, by our Lord Jesus the Messiah, that in quietness they work, and eat their own bread.
Now those who are that way, we command and exhort in the Lord Yeshua the Messiah, that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread.
13 And my brethren, let it not be wearisome to you, to do what is good.
But you, brothers, do not be weary in doing well.
14 And if any one hearkeneth not to these my words in this epistle, separate that man from you, and have no intimacy with him, that he may be ashamed.
If anyone does not obey our word in this letter, note that person, that you have no company with him, to the end that he may be ashamed.
15 Yet, hold him not as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother.
Do not count him as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother.
16 And may the Lord of peace give you peace, always, in every thing. Our Lord be with you all.
Now may the Lord of peace himself give you peace at all times in all ways. The Lord be with you all.
17 The salutation in the writing of my own hand, I Paul have written it; which is the token in all my epistles, so I write.
The greeting of me, Paul, with my own hand, which is the sign in every letter: this is how I write.
18 The grace of Jesus the Messiah be with you all, my brethren. Amen.
The grace of our Lord Yeshua the Messiah be with you all.
