2 Thessalonians 3

Chapter 3

Exhortation

^1aFinally, brethren, ^bpray for us that ^cthe word of the Lord will ¹spread rapidly and be glorified, just as it did also with you;

²and that we will be ^arescued from ¹perverse and evil men; for not all have ²faith.

³But ^athe Lord is faithful, ¹and He will strengthen and protect you ²from ^bthe evil one.

⁴We have ^aconfidence in the Lord concerning you, that you ^bare doing and will continue to do what we command.

⁵May the Lord ^adirect your hearts into the love of God and into the steadfastness of Christ.

⁶Now we command you, brethren, ^ain the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you ^1bkeep away from every brother who ²leads an ^3cunruly life and not according to ^dthe tradition which ⁴you received from us.

⁷For you yourselves know how you ought to ^1afollow our example, because we did not act in an undisciplined manner among you,

⁸nor did we ^aeat ¹anyone’s bread ²without paying for it, but with ^blabor and hardship we kept ^cworking night and day so that we would not be a burden to any of you;

⁹not because we do not have ^athe right to this, but in order to offer ourselves ^bas a model for you, so that you would ¹follow our example.

¹⁰For even ^awhen we were with you, we used to give you this order: ^bif anyone is not willing to work, then he is not to eat, either.

¹¹For we hear that some among you are ^aleading an undisciplined life, doing no work at all, but acting like ^bbusybodies.

¹²Now such persons we command and ^aexhort in the Lord Jesus Christ to ^bwork in quiet fashion and eat their own bread.

¹³But as for you, ^abrethren, ^bdo not grow weary of doing good.

¹⁴If anyone does not obey our ¹instruction ^2ain this letter, take special note of that person ^3band do not associate with him, so that he will be ^cput to shame.

¹⁵Yet ^ado not regard him as an enemy, but ^1badmonish him as a ^cbrother.

¹⁶Now ^amay the Lord of peace ^bHimself continually grant you peace in every ¹circumstance. ^cThe Lord be with you all!

¹⁷¹I, Paul, write this greeting ^awith my own hand, and this is a distinguishing mark in every letter; this is the way I write.

^18aThe grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all.