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2 Thessalonians 2 - 1 Timothy 1
New International Version
2 Thessalonians 2 - 1 Timothy 1
New International Version
The Man of Lawlessness
2 Concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ(A) and our being gathered to him,(B) we ask you, brothers and sisters, 2 not to become easily unsettled or alarmed by the teaching allegedly from us—whether by a prophecy or by word of mouth or by letter(C)—asserting that the day of the Lord(D) has already come.(E) 3 Don’t let anyone deceive you(F) in any way, for that day will not come until the rebellion(G) occurs and the man of lawlessness[a] is revealed,(H) the man doomed to destruction. 4 He will oppose and will exalt himself over everything that is called God(I) or is worshiped, so that he sets himself up in God’s temple, proclaiming himself to be God.(J)
5 Don’t you remember that when I was with you I used to tell you these things?(K) 6 And now you know what is holding him back,(L) so that he may be revealed at the proper time. 7 For the secret power of lawlessness is already at work; but the one who now holds it back(M) will continue to do so till he is taken out of the way. 8 And then the lawless one will be revealed,(N) whom the Lord Jesus will overthrow with the breath of his mouth(O) and destroy by the splendor of his coming.(P) 9 The coming of the lawless one will be in accordance with how Satan(Q) works. He will use all sorts of displays of power through signs and wonders(R) that serve the lie, 10 and all the ways that wickedness deceives those who are perishing.(S) They perish because they refused to love the truth and so be saved.(T) 11 For this reason God sends them(U) a powerful delusion(V) so that they will believe the lie(W) 12 and so that all will be condemned who have not believed the truth but have delighted in wickedness.(X)
Stand Firm
13 But we ought always to thank God for you,(Y) brothers and sisters loved by the Lord, because God chose you as firstfruits[b](Z) to be saved(AA) through the sanctifying work of the Spirit(AB) and through belief in the truth. 14 He called you(AC) to this through our gospel,(AD) that you might share in the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.
15 So then, brothers and sisters, stand firm(AE) and hold fast to the teachings[c] we passed on to you,(AF) whether by word of mouth or by letter.
16 May our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father,(AG) who loved us(AH) and by his grace gave us eternal encouragement and good hope, 17 encourage(AI) your hearts and strengthen(AJ) you in every good deed and word.
Request for Prayer
3 As for other matters, brothers and sisters,(AK) pray for us(AL) that the message of the Lord(AM) may spread rapidly and be honored, just as it was with you.(AN) 2 And pray that we may be delivered from wicked and evil people,(AO) for not everyone has faith. 3 But the Lord is faithful,(AP) and he will strengthen you and protect you from the evil one.(AQ) 4 We have confidence(AR) in the Lord that you are doing and will continue to do the things we command. 5 May the Lord direct your hearts(AS) into God’s love and Christ’s perseverance.
Warning Against Idleness
6 In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ,(AT) we command you, brothers and sisters, to keep away from(AU) every believer who is idle and disruptive(AV) and does not live according to the teaching[d] you received from us.(AW) 7 For you yourselves know how you ought to follow our example.(AX) We were not idle when we were with you, 8 nor did we eat anyone’s food without paying for it. On the contrary, we worked(AY) night and day, laboring and toiling so that we would not be a burden to any of you. 9 We did this, not because we do not have the right to such help,(AZ) but in order to offer ourselves as a model for you to imitate.(BA) 10 For even when we were with you,(BB) we gave you this rule: “The one who is unwilling to work(BC) shall not eat.”
11 We hear that some among you are idle and disruptive. They are not busy; they are busybodies.(BD) 12 Such people we command and urge in the Lord Jesus Christ(BE) to settle down and earn the food they eat.(BF) 13 And as for you, brothers and sisters, never tire of doing what is good.(BG)
14 Take special note of anyone who does not obey our instruction in this letter. Do not associate with them,(BH) in order that they may feel ashamed.(BI) 15 Yet do not regard them as an enemy, but warn them as you would a fellow believer.(BJ)
Final Greetings
16 Now may the Lord of peace(BK) himself give you peace at all times and in every way. The Lord be with all of you.(BL)
17 I, Paul, write this greeting in my own hand,(BM) which is the distinguishing mark in all my letters. This is how I write.
18 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all.(BN)
1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the command of God(BO) our Savior(BP) and of Christ Jesus our hope,(BQ)
2 To Timothy(BR) my true son(BS) in the faith:
Grace, mercy and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.(BT)
Timothy Charged to Oppose False Teachers
3 As I urged you when I went into Macedonia,(BU) stay there in Ephesus(BV) so that you may command certain people not to teach false doctrines(BW) any longer 4 or to devote themselves to myths(BX) and endless genealogies.(BY) Such things promote controversial speculations(BZ) rather than advancing God’s work—which is by faith. 5 The goal of this command is love, which comes from a pure heart(CA) and a good conscience(CB) and a sincere faith.(CC) 6 Some have departed from these and have turned to meaningless talk. 7 They want to be teachers(CD) of the law, but they do not know what they are talking about or what they so confidently affirm.(CE)
8 We know that the law is good(CF) if one uses it properly. 9 We also know that the law is made not for the righteous(CG) but for lawbreakers and rebels,(CH) the ungodly and sinful, the unholy and irreligious, for those who kill their fathers or mothers, for murderers, 10 for the sexually immoral, for those practicing homosexuality, for slave traders and liars and perjurers—and for whatever else is contrary to the sound doctrine(CI) 11 that conforms to the gospel concerning the glory of the blessed God, which he entrusted to me.(CJ)
The Lord’s Grace to Paul
12 I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who has given me strength,(CK) that he considered me trustworthy, appointing me to his service.(CL) 13 Even though I was once a blasphemer and a persecutor(CM) and a violent man, I was shown mercy(CN) because I acted in ignorance and unbelief.(CO) 14 The grace of our Lord was poured out on me abundantly,(CP) along with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.(CQ)
15 Here is a trustworthy saying(CR) that deserves full acceptance: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners(CS)—of whom I am the worst. 16 But for that very reason I was shown mercy(CT) so that in me, the worst of sinners, Christ Jesus might display his immense patience(CU) as an example for those who would believe(CV) in him and receive eternal life.(CW) 17 Now to the King(CX) eternal, immortal,(CY) invisible,(CZ) the only God,(DA) be honor and glory for ever and ever. Amen.(DB)
The Charge to Timothy Renewed
18 Timothy, my son,(DC) I am giving you this command in keeping with the prophecies once made about you,(DD) so that by recalling them you may fight the battle well,(DE) 19 holding on to faith and a good conscience,(DF) which some have rejected and so have suffered shipwreck with regard to the faith.(DG) 20 Among them are Hymenaeus(DH) and Alexander,(DI) whom I have handed over to Satan(DJ) to be taught not to blaspheme.
Footnotes
- 2 Thessalonians 2:3 Some manuscripts sin
- 2 Thessalonians 2:13 Some manuscripts because from the beginning God chose you
- 2 Thessalonians 2:15 Or traditions
- 2 Thessalonians 3:6 Or tradition
2 Thessalonians 2 - 1 Timothy 1
King James Version
2 Thessalonians 2 - 1 Timothy 1
King James Version
2 Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him,
2 That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand.
3 Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;
4 Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.
5 Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things?
6 And now ye know what withholdeth that he might be revealed in his time.
7 For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way.
8 And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming:
9 Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,
10 And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:
12 That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
13 But we are bound to give thanks alway to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth:
14 Whereunto he called you by our gospel, to the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.
15 Therefore, brethren, stand fast, and hold the traditions which ye have been taught, whether by word, or our epistle.
16 Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God, even our Father, which hath loved us, and hath given us everlasting consolation and good hope through grace,
17 Comfort your hearts, and stablish you in every good word and work.
3 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 all men have not faith.
3 But the Lord is faithful, who shall stablish you, and keep you from evil.
4 And we have confidence in the Lord touching you, that ye both do and will do the things which we command you.
5 And 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 that walketh disorderly, and not after the tradition which he received of us.
7 For yourselves know how ye ought to follow us: for we behaved not ourselves disorderly among you;
8 Neither did we eat any man's bread for nought; but wrought with labour 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 ensample 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 which walk among you disorderly, working not at all, but are busybodies.
12 Now them that are such we command and exhort by our Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread.
13 But ye, brethren, be not weary in well doing.
14 And if any man obey not our word by 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 The salutation of Paul 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.
1 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the commandment of God our Saviour, and Lord Jesus Christ, which is our hope;
2 Unto Timothy, my own son in the faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God our Father and Jesus Christ our Lord.
3 As I besought thee to abide still at Ephesus, when I went into Macedonia, that thou mightest charge some that they teach no other doctrine,
4 Neither give heed to fables and endless genealogies, which minister questions, rather than godly edifying which is in faith: so do.
5 Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned:
6 From which some having swerved have turned aside unto vain jangling;
7 Desiring to be teachers of the law; understanding neither what they say, nor whereof they affirm.
8 But we know that the law is good, if a man use it lawfully;
9 Knowing this, that the law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and for sinners, for unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers,
10 For whoremongers, for them that defile themselves with mankind, for menstealers, for liars, for perjured persons, and if there be any other thing that is contrary to sound doctrine;
11 According to the glorious gospel of the blessed God, which was committed to my trust.
12 And I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who hath enabled me, for that he counted me faithful, putting me into the ministry;
13 Who was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious: but I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief.
14 And the grace of our Lord was exceeding abundant with faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.
15 This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief.
16 Howbeit for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me first Jesus Christ might shew forth all longsuffering, for a pattern to them which should hereafter believe on him to life everlasting.
17 Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen.
18 This charge I commit unto thee, son Timothy, according to the prophecies which went before on thee, that thou by them mightest war a good warfare;
19 Holding faith, and a good conscience; which some having put away concerning faith have made shipwreck:
20 Of whom is Hymenaeus and Alexander; whom I have delivered unto Satan, that they may learn not to blaspheme.
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