2 Thessalonians 3

Revised Geneva Translation

3 Furthermore, brothers, pray for us; so that the word of the Lord may have free passage and be glorified (just as with you)

² and that we may be delivered from unreasonable and evil men. For all do not have faith.

³ But the Lord, Who will establish you and keep you from evil, is faithful.

⁴ And we are persuaded by you through the Lord that you both do and will do the things of which we warn you.

⁵ And the Lord guide your hearts to the love of God and the awaiting of Christ.

⁶ We charge you, brothers, in the Name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to withdraw yourselves from every brother who walks inordinately and not according to the instruction he received from us.

⁷ For you yourselves know how you ought to follow us. For we did not behave inordinately among you.

⁸ Nor did we take food from anyone for nothing. But we worked with labor and travail night and day because we did not wish to be a burden to any of you.

⁹ Not because we do not have authority, but so that we might make ourselves an example for you to follow.

¹⁰ For even when we were with you, we warned you of this; that if there were any who would not work, he should not eat.

¹¹ For we hear that there are some who walk among you inordinately and do not work at all, but are busybodies.

¹² Therefore, such as those we warn and exhort by our Lord Jesus Christ, that they work with quietness and eat their own food.

¹³ And you, brothers, do not be weary in well-doing.

¹⁴ If anyone does not obey this our word in this letter, note him and do not associate with him, so that he may be ashamed.

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

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

¹⁷ The salutation of me, Paul, with my own hand (which is the sign in every letter) so I write.

¹⁸ The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen. The second Epistle to the Thessalonians, written from Athens.