2 Thessalonians 3
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Request for Prayer
3As for other matters, brothers and sisters,p pray for usq that the message of the Lordr may spread rapidly and be honored, just as it was with you.s 2And pray that we may be delivered from wicked and evil people,t for not everyone has faith. 3But the Lord is faithful,u and he will strengthen you and protect you from the evil one.v 4We have confidencew in the Lord that you are doing and will continue to do the things we command. 5May the Lord direct your heartsx into God’s love and Christ’s perseverance.
Warning Against Idleness
6In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ,y we command you, brothers and sisters, to keep away fromz every believer who is idle and disruptivea and does not live according to the teachinga you received from us.b 7For you yourselves know how you ought to follow our example.c We were not idle when we were with you, 8nor did we eat anyone’s food without paying for it. On the contrary, we workedd night and day, laboring and toiling so that we would not be a burden to any of you. 9We did this, not because we do not have the right to such help,e but in order to offer ourselves as a model for you to imitate.f 10For even when we were with you,g we gave you this rule: “The one who is unwilling to workh shall not eat.”
11We hear that some among you are idle and disruptive. They are not busy; they are busybodies.i 12Such people we command and urge in the Lord Jesus Christj to settle down and earn the food they eat.k 13And as for you, brothers and sisters, never tire of doing what is good.l
14Take special note of anyone who does not obey our instruction in this letter. Do not associate with them,m in order that they may feel ashamed.n 15Yet do not regard them as an enemy, but warn them as you would a fellow believer.o
Final Greetings
16Now may the Lord of peacep himself give you peace at all times and in every way. The Lord be with all of you.q
17I, Paul, write this greeting in my own hand,r which is the distinguishing mark in all my letters. This is how I write.
18The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all.s
Footnotes
- aOr tradition
Cross references
- p1 Th 4:1
- qSee 1 Th 5:25
- r1 Th 1:8
- s1 Th 2:13
- tSee Ro 15:31
- uSee 1 Co 1:9
- vSee Mt 5:37
- wSee 2 Co 2:3
- x1 Ch 29:18
- y1 Co 5:4
- zver 14; See Ro 16:17
- aver 7, 11
- bSee 1 Co 11:2
- cver 9; See 1 Co 4:16
- dSee Ac 18:3; Eph 4:28
- e1 Co 9:4–14
- fver 7; See 1 Co 4:16
- g1 Th 3:4
- h1 Th 4:11
- iver 6, 7; 1 Ti 5:13
- j1 Th 4:1
- k1 Th 4:11; Eph 4:28
- lGal 6:9
- mver 6; See Ro 16:17
- nSee 1 Co 4:14
- oGal 6:1; 1 Th 5:14; Phm 16
- pSee Ro 15:33
- qRu 2:4
- rSee 1 Co 16:21
- sSee Ro 16:20
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