Request
For Prayer
Finally,
brothers, Pray for us
THAT
THE MESSAGE OF THE LORD MAY SPREAD RAPIDLY
AND
BE HONORED, JUST AS WITH YOU.
2
AND PRAY THAT WE MAY BE DELIVERED
FROM
WICKED AND EVIL MEN,
FOR
NOT EVERYONE HAS FAITH.
3
BUT THE LORD IS FAITHFUL,
AND
HE WILL STRENGTHEN AND PROTECT YOU
FROM
THE EVIL ONE.
4
We have Confidence in the Lord
That
you are doing and will continue to do
The
things we command.
5
MAY THE LORD DIRECT YOUR HEARTS
INTO
GOD'S LOVE AND CHRIST'S PERSEVERANCE.
Warnings
Against Idleness
6
In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ,
We
Command you, brothers,
To
keep away from every brother who is idle
And
does not live according to the Teaching you received from us.
7
For you yourselves know how you ought to follow our example.
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 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,
But
to make ourselves a Model for you to follow.
10
For even when we were with you,
We
gave you this Rule”
'IF
A MAN WILL NOT WORK, HE SHALL NOT EAT.'
11
We hear that some among you are idle.
They
are not busy;
They
are busybodies.
12
Such people we Command and Urge in the Lord Jesus Christ
To
settle down and earn the bread they eat.
13
And as for you, brothers,
NEVER
TIRE OF DOING WHAT IS RIGHT.
14
If anyone does not obey our Instruction in this letter,
Take
special note of him.
DO
NOT ASSOCIATE WITH HIM,
IN
ORDER THAT HE MAY FEEL ASHAMED.
15
Yet do not regard him as an enemy,
But
warn him as a brother.
Final
Greetings
16
Now may the Lord of Peace Himself
Give
you Peace at all times and in every way.
The
Lord be with all of you.
17
I, Paul, write this greeting in my own hand,
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.
(2
Thessalonians 3)
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