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Today's Bible Reading :: 2 Thessalonians 1 - 3 (ESV)

2 Thessalonians 1Listen to the passage

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2 Thessalonians 1

Greeting

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Unchecked Copy Box2Th 1:1 - Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy, To the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ:

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Unchecked Copy Box2Th 1:2 - Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

Thanksgiving

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Unchecked Copy Box2Th 1:3 - We ought always to give thanks to God for you, brothers,[fn] as is right, because your faith is growing abundantly, and the love of every one of you for one another is increasing.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Th 1:4 - Therefore we ourselves boast about you in the churches of God for your steadfastness and faith in all your persecutions and in the afflictions that you are enduring.

The Judgment at Christ’s Coming

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Unchecked Copy Box2Th 1:5 - This is evidence of the righteous judgment of God, that you may be considered worthy of the kingdom of God, for which you are also suffering—

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Unchecked Copy Box2Th 1:6 - since indeed God considers it just to repay with affliction those who afflict you,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Th 1:7 - and to grant relief to you who are afflicted as well as to us, when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with his mighty angels

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Unchecked Copy Box2Th 1:8 - in flaming fire, inflicting vengeance on those who do not know God and on those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Th 1:9 - They will suffer the punishment of eternal destruction, away from[fn] the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his might,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Th 1:10 - when he comes on that day to be glorified in his saints, and to be marveled at among all who have believed, because our testimony to you was believed.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Th 1:11 - To this end we always pray for you, that our God may make you worthy of his calling and may fulfill every resolve for good and every work of faith by his power,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Th 1:12 - so that the name of our Lord Jesus may be glorified in you, and you in him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.
ESV Footnotes
Or brothers and sisters. In New Testament usage, depending on the context, the plural Greek word adelphoi (translated “brothers”) may refer either to brothers or to brothers and sisters
Or destruction that comes from

2 Thessalonians 2

The Man of Lawlessness

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Unchecked Copy Box2Th 2:1 - Now concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered together to him, we ask you, brothers,[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box2Th 2:2 - not to be quickly shaken in mind or alarmed, either by a spirit or a spoken word, or a letter seeming to be from us, to the effect that the day of the Lord has come.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Th 2:3 - Let no one deceive you in any way. For that day will not come, unless the rebellion comes first, and the man of lawlessness[fn] is revealed, the son of destruction,[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box2Th 2:4 - who opposes and exalts himself against every so-called god or object of worship, so that he takes his seat in the temple of God, proclaiming himself to be God.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Th 2:5 - Do you not remember that when I was still with you I told you these things?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Th 2:6 - And you know what is restraining him now so that he may be revealed in his time.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Th 2:7 - For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work. Only he who now restrains it will do so until he is out of the way.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Th 2:8 - And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will kill with the breath of his mouth and bring to nothing by the appearance of his coming.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Th 2:9 - The coming of the lawless one is by the activity of Satan with all power and false signs and wonders,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Th 2:10 - and with all wicked deception for those who are perishing, because they refused to love the truth and so be saved.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Th 2:11 - Therefore God sends them a strong delusion, so that they may believe what is false,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Th 2:12 - in order that all may be condemned who did not believe the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness.

Stand Firm

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Unchecked Copy Box2Th 2:13 - But we ought always to give thanks to God for you, brothers beloved by the Lord, because God chose you as the firstfruits[fn] to be saved, through sanctification by the Spirit and belief in the truth.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Th 2:14 - To this he called you through our gospel, so that you may obtain the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Th 2:15 - So then, brothers, stand firm and hold to the traditions that you were taught by us, either by our spoken word or by our letter.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Th 2:16 - Now may our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our Father, who loved us and gave us eternal comfort and good hope through grace,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Th 2:17 - comfort your hearts and establish them in every good work and word.
ESV Footnotes
Or brothers and sisters; also verses 13, 15
Some manuscripts sin
Greek the son of perdition (a Hebrew idiom)
Some manuscripts chose you from the beginning

2 Thessalonians 3

Pray for Us

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Unchecked Copy Box2Th 3:1 - Finally, brothers,[fn] pray for us, that the word of the Lord may speed ahead and be honored,[fn] as happened among you,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Th 3:2 - and that we may be delivered from wicked and evil men. For not all have faith.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Th 3:3 - But the Lord is faithful. He will establish you and guard you against the evil one.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box2Th 3:4 - And we have confidence in the Lord about you, that you are doing and will do the things that we command.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Th 3:5 - May the Lord direct your hearts to the love of God and to the steadfastness of Christ.

Warning Against Idleness

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Unchecked Copy Box2Th 3:6 - Now we command you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you keep away from any brother who is walking in idleness and not in accord with the tradition that you received from us.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Th 3:7 - For you yourselves know how you ought to imitate us, because we were not idle when we were with you,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Th 3:8 - nor did we eat anyone’s bread without paying for it, but with toil and labor we worked night and day, that we might not be a burden to any of you.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Th 3:9 - It was not because we do not have that right, but to give you in ourselves an example to imitate.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Th 3:10 - For even when we were with you, we would give you this command: If anyone is not willing to work, let him not eat.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Th 3:11 - For we hear that some among you walk in idleness, not busy at work, but busybodies.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Th 3:12 - Now such persons we command and encourage in the Lord Jesus Christ to do their work quietly and to earn their own living.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box2Th 3:13 - As for you, brothers, do not grow weary in doing good.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Th 3:14 - If anyone does not obey what we say in this letter, take note of that person, and have nothing to do with him, that he may be ashamed.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Th 3:15 - Do not regard him as an enemy, but warn him as a brother.

Benediction

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Unchecked Copy Box2Th 3:16 - Now may the Lord of peace himself give you peace at all times in every way. The Lord be with you all.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Th 3:17 - I, Paul, write this greeting with my own hand. This is the sign of genuineness in every letter of mine; it is the way I write.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Th 3:18 - The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all.
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ESV Footnotes
Or brothers and sisters; also verses 6, 13
Or glorified
Or evil
Greek to eat their own bread
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