Book of Common Prayer

⁶ Now, my brothers, we tell you to do this in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. Have nothing to do with any lazy brother who is not living the way we taught you.

⁷ You yourselves know how you should be like us. We were not lazy when we were with you.

⁸ We did not eat anyone's food without paying for it. But we worked very hard day and night because we did not want to trouble any one of you.

⁹ We have the right to be helped. But we wanted to show you what you should do in this matter.

¹⁰ Even when we were with you, we told you this, `If any man will not work, do not let him eat.'

¹¹ We hear that some of you are lazy. You do not work, but you trouble other people.

¹² We say to such lazy people, in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, `Do your work quietly. Earn your own food.'

¹³ My brothers, do not get tired of doing what is good.

¹⁴ If any one will not obey what we say in this letter, look at that man and remember him. Have nothing to do with him, so that he will be ashamed.

¹⁵ Do not treat him like an enemy. Tell him, as you would tell a brother, what he should do.

¹⁶ The Lord gives peace. May he give his peace to you at all times in every way. May the Lord be with you all.

¹⁷ I, Paul, write these words of greeting with my own hand. This is the sign in all my letters that I wrote them.

¹⁸ The loving kindness of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all.

³¹ `Simon, Simon, listen! Satan has asked to have all of you. He wants to shake you like grain with the cleaning fan.

³² But I have talked to God about you, Simon, so that you will keep on believing in me. And when you come back, then help your brothers to be strong.'

³³ Simon said, `Lord, I will go with you, even to prison or to die.'

³⁴ Jesus said, `I tell you this, Peter. This very day, before the cock calls, you will say three times that you do not know me.'

³⁵ Jesus said to them, `When I sent you out to the towns, I told you not to carry a money bag, or a bag, or shoes. Did you ever need anything at that time?' They said, `No.'

³⁶ He said, `But this time, anyone who has money should take it and his bag too. Anyone who has no sword should sell his coat and buy one.

³⁷ `The holy writings say, "He was counted as one of the bad people." And I tell you, that means me. And the things that are written about me must happen to me.'

³⁸ The disciples said, `Look, Lord, here are two swords.' And he answered, `That is enough.'