2 Thessalonians 3
Expanded Bible
Pray for Us
3 ·And now [or Finally], brothers and sisters, pray for us that the Lord’s ·teaching [message; word] ·will continue to spread quickly [L might run (forward)] and ·that people will give honor to that teaching [L be honored/glorified], just as happened with you. 2 And pray that we will be ·protected [or rescued; delivered] from ·stubborn [or perverse; worthless; wicked] and evil people, because not all people ·believe [have faith].
3 But the Lord is faithful and will give you strength and will protect you from the Evil One [C Satan]. 4 ·The Lord makes us feel sure [L We have confidence about you in the Lord] that you are doing and will continue to do the things we ·told [instructed; commanded] you. 5 May the Lord ·lead [guide; direct] your hearts into God’s love and Christ’s ·patience [endurance; perseverance].
The Duty to Work
6 Brothers and sisters, ·by the authority [L in the name] of our Lord Jesus Christ we command you to stay away from any ·believer [L brother (or sister)] who ·refuses to work [or behaves irresponsibly; L lives/walks in idleness/disorder] and does not follow the ·teaching we gave you [L tradition you received from us]. 7 [L For] You yourselves know that you should ·live as we live [follow our example; imitate us]. [L Because] We were not ·lazy [idle; undisciplined] when we were with you. 8 And when we ate another person’s ·food [bread], we always paid for it. We worked ·very hard [L with labor and toil] night and day so we would not be an ·expense [financial burden] to any of you. 9 ·We had [L It was not because we do not have] the right to ask you to help us, but we worked ·to take care of ourselves so we would [L in order to] be an example for you to ·follow [imitate]. 10 [L For even] When we were with you, we gave you this ·rule [instruction; command]: “Anyone who ·refuses [is not willing] to work should not eat.”
11 [L For; or Yet] We hear that some people in your group ·refuse to work [or are behaving irresponsibly; L are living/walking in idleness/disorder]. They do nothing but ·busy themselves [meddle; interfere] in other people’s lives. 12 We command ·those [such] people and ·beg [urge; encourage; exhort] them in the Lord Jesus Christ to ·work quietly [or settle down] and ·earn [L eat] their own ·food [bread]. 13 But you, brothers and sisters, never become tired of doing good.
14 If some people do not obey what we tell you in this letter, then take note of them. ·Have nothing to do [Do not associate] with them so they will ·feel ashamed [or be shamed]. 15 But do not ·treat [regard] them as enemies. ·Warn [Admonish] them as ·fellow believers [L a brother (or sister)].
Final Words
16 Now may the Lord of peace [L himself] give you peace at all times and in every way. The Lord be with all of you.
17 I, Paul, ·end this letter now [write this greeting] in my own ·handwriting [L hand]. All my letters have this ·to show they are from me [sign]. This is the way I write.
18 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all.
2 Tesalonica 3
Magandang Balita Biblia
Ipanalangin Ninyo Kami
3 Mga kapatid, bilang pagtatapos, ipanalangin ninyo kami upang ang salita ng Panginoon ay mabilis na lumaganap at parangalan ng lahat, tulad ng ginawa ninyo. 2 Idalangin din ninyong maligtas kami sa mga taong mapaminsala at masasama, sapagkat hindi lahat ay may pananampalataya sa Diyos.
3 Ngunit tapat ang Panginoon; siya ang magpapatatag at mag-iingat sa inyo laban sa Masama. 4 Dahil sa Panginoon, malaki ang aming pagtitiwala na sinusunod ninyo at patuloy na susundin ang mga itinuro namin sa inyo.
5 Patnubayan nawa kayo ng Panginoon upang lalo ninyong maunawaan ang pag-ibig ng Diyos at ang katatagang nagmumula kay Cristo.
Babala Laban sa Katamaran
6 Mga kapatid, iniuutos namin sa inyo sa pangalan ng Panginoong Jesu-Cristo na layuan ninyo ang sinumang kapatid na tamad at ayaw sumunod sa mga turo na ibinigay namin sa inyo. 7 Alam naman ninyo na dapat ninyong tularan ang aming ginawa. Hindi kami naging tamad nang kami'y kasama pa ninyo. 8 Hindi kami nakikain kaninuman nang walang bayad. Nagtrabaho kami araw-gabi upang hindi makabigat kaninuman sa inyo. 9 Ginawa namin ito hindi dahil sa wala kaming karapatan sa inyong tulong, kundi upang kayo'y bigyan ng halimbawang dapat tularan. 10 Nang kami ay kasama pa ninyo, ito ang itinuro namin sa inyo, “Ang ayaw magtrabaho ay hindi dapat kumain.”
11 Binanggit namin ito dahil nabalitaan naming may ilan sa inyong ayaw magtrabaho, at walang inaatupag kundi ang makialam sa buhay ng may buhay. 12 Sa pangalan ng Panginoong Jesu-Cristo, mahigpit naming iniuutos sa mga taong ito na sila'y maghanapbuhay nang maayos at huwag umasa sa iba.
13 Mga kapatid, huwag kayong magsasawa sa paggawa ng mabuti. 14 Maaaring mayroon sa inyo diyan na hindi susunod sa sinasabi namin sa sulat na ito. Kung magkagayon, tandaan ninyo siya at huwag kayong makisama sa kanya, upang siya'y mapahiya. 15 Ngunit huwag naman ninyo siyang ituring na kaaway; sa halip, pagsabihan ninyo siya bilang kapwa mananampalataya.
Bendisyon
16 Ang Panginoon na pinagmumulan ng kapayapaan ang siya nawang magkaloob sa inyo ng kapayapaan sa lahat ng paraan at pagkakataon. Nawa'y sumainyong lahat ang Panginoon.
17 Ako mismong si Pablo ang sumusulat ng pagbating ito. Ito ang aking lagda sa lahat ng sulat ko. Ganito ako sumulat.
18 Sumainyo nawang lahat ang kagandahang-loob ng ating Panginoong Jesu-Cristo.
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