\NormalFont\ShortTitle{2 THESSALONIANS}

{\MTB This book is one of the letters that the Apostle Paul wrote to the Christians at Thessalonica. We call this book

\par }{\MT 2 Thessalonians



\par }\ChapOne{1}{\SH 2 Thessalonians 1:1-2
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{\SH We, Paul, Silas, and Timothy, are sending this letter to the congregation of God’s people in Thessalonica. We pray that God will continue to bless you with his kindness and inner peace.
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{\PP \VerseOne{1}{\ADD{I}}, Paul,
{\ADD{am writing this letter}}. Silas and Timothy
{\ADD{are with me. We are sending this letter}} to
{\ADD{you}}. You are the congregation
{\ADD{of God’s people}} in Thessalonica
{\ADD{city}}. You belong to God our Father, and you belong to Jesus Christ our Lord.

\VS{2}{\ADD{We pray that}} God our Father, and Jesus Christ our Lord,
{\ADD{will continue to}} act kindly toward you and
{\ADD{will continue to cause you to have inner}} peace.


\par }{\SH We thank God very frequently that you are trusting in the Lord Jesus more and more.
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{\SR 2 Thessalonians 1:3-4

\par }{\PP \VS{3}{\ADD{Our}} fellow believers, we thank God very frequently [HYP] for you because we believers ought
{\ADD{to thank God for each other, and}} specifically it is appropriate/right
{\ADD{that we should thank God for you. We thank him}} that you are trusting in
{\ADD{the Lord Jesus}} more and more, and that each one of you is loving
{\ADD{each of}} the others more and more.

\VS{4}As a result, we keep proudly telling about you to
{\ADD{other}} congregations who
{\ADD{worship}} God.
{\ADD{Specifically, we tell them}} that you are being steadfast and that you
{\ADD{continue}} believing
{\ADD{in the Lord Jesus}}, even though you are frequently suffering [DOU] as a result of people causing you trouble.


\par }{\SH God will judge all people justly. Specifically, he will publicly declare that you are worthy to enter that place where he will rule his people forever.
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{\SR 2 Thessalonians 1:5-10

\par }{\PP \VS{5}{\ADD{Your being steadfast}} ◄shows/indicates to►
{\ADD{us}} clearly that God will judge
{\ADD{all people}} justly.
{\ADD{Specifically, he}} will publicly declare that you are worthy
{\ADD{as his people to be in}} that place where he will rule
{\ADD{forever, because}} you also are suffering as a result of
{\ADD{telling others about letting}} God rule your lives.

\VS{6}{\ADD{God will certainly cause trouble for}} those people who are troubling you, because he
{\ADD{considers}} that it is just that he should punish such people for doing that to you.

\VS{7}He also
{\ADD{considers}} that it is the right thing to do to reward you who are being troubled, by ◄giving you relief/causing your suffering to end►. He will do that for both you and us when our Lord Jesus will descend from heaven, together with his powerful angels and with blazing fire.

\VS{8}{\ADD{Then he will}} punish those people who do not
{\ADD{want to}} know him and
{\ADD{those}} who refuse to heed the message about our Lord Jesus.

\VS{9}{\ADD{Our Lord Jesus}} will forbid them from ever coming near to him and near to the glory which he has
{\ADD{because he is so}} powerful (OR, the glory that is manifested by his power). He will cause those people to suffer forever.

\VS{10}{\ADD{The Lord Jesus}} will do this when he comes
{\ADD{back from heaven}} at the time
{\ADD{that God has decided}}. As a result, all we who are his people will praise him because of
{\ADD{what he has done for his own}} people, and all we believers will marvel at our Lord because of
{\ADD{what he has done. And you will be there, too}}, because you believed what we testified to you.


\par }{\SH We are praying very frequently for you that God will consider you worthy to receive that to which he summoned you.
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{\SR 2 Thessalonians 1:11-12

\par }{\PP \VS{11}In order that you might
{\ADD{praise Jesus like this}}, we are also praying very frequently [HYP] for you. We pray that
{\ADD{you will be able to show}} our God that you are worthy
{\ADD{to receive}} that which he chose
{\ADD{you to receive}}. We pray also that he would powerfully enable you to do good in every way that you desire, and that he would also enable you to do powerfully every
{\ADD{good}} thing
{\ADD{that you do because}} you believe
{\ADD{in Jesus Christ}}.

\VS{12}{\ADD{We pray this because we want}} you to praise our Lord Jesus, and we want him to honor you. This will happen because God, whom we
{\ADD{worship/serve}}, and our Lord Jesus Christ will keep acting kindly
{\ADD{toward you}} in ways that you do not deserve.




\par }\Chap{2}{\SH Do not quickly get worried and alarmed by any message that the Day of the Lord has already come.
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{\SR 2 Thessalonians 2:1-3a

\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}Now
{\ADD{I want to write to you}} about the time when our Lord Jesus Christ will return and when
{\ADD{God}} will gather us together to
{\ADD{where Jesus}} is. My fellow believers, I urge you

\VS{2}that you think calmly
{\ADD{about any message}} that
{\ADD{claims/says}} that the Lord has
{\ADD{already}} come again. Do not be shaken or alarmed/worried by any such message.
{\ADD{It does not matter}} if
{\ADD{it is a message that someone claims God’s Spirit}} revealed to him, or if
{\ADD{it is some other message that someone}} has spoken, or whether
{\ADD{it is a message that someone claims}} that I wrote in a letter.

\VS{3}Do not allow anyone to deceive you in any way
{\ADD{with the result that you believe any such message}}.

\par }{\SH The Lord will come only after that time when the man who will sin very greatly will appear.
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{\SR 2 Thessalonians 2:3b-5

\par }{\PP {\ADD{The Lord}} will not come [MTY]
{\ADD{immediately}}. First,
{\ADD{many people}} [PRS] will rebel
{\ADD{against God}}. The result of their rebelling will be that
{\ADD{they will accept and obey}} the man who will sin very greatly
{\ADD{against God}}.

\VS{4}He will be the
{\ADD{supreme}} enemy
{\ADD{of God}}. He will
{\ADD{proudly}} exalt himself above everything that
{\ADD{people}} consider to be some god and above everything that people worship.
{\ADD{As a result of wanting people to worship him}}, he will
{\ADD{even enter}} God’s Temple and sit down
{\ADD{there to rule}}. He will publicly proclaim that he himself is God! But
{\ADD{God}} will
{\ADD{certainly}} punish that man forever!

\VS{5}◄I am sure that you remember that I kept telling you these things while I was still with you
{\ADD{there in Thessalonica}}./Do you not remember that I continued telling you these things while I was still with you
{\ADD{there in Thessalonica}}?► [RHQ]


\par }{\SH This man will be revealed by God when he who is now preventing him from being revealed will have been removed by God.
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{\SR 2 Thessalonians 2:6-8

\par }{\PP \VS{6}You also know that there is something (OR, someone) that is preventing this man
{\ADD{from being revealed}} $\{${\ADD{from revealing himself}}$\}$. This man is being ◄held back/restrained►
{\ADD{now}} for him to be revealed $\{$that he reveal himself$\}$ at the time that
{\ADD{God has planned}} [MTY].

\VS{7}{\ADD{Although Satan}} is already secretly causing
{\ADD{people}} to reject
{\ADD{God’s}} laws, ◄the one/God► who is preventing
{\ADD{this man from revealing himself}} now
{\ADD{will continue to prevent him from doing that}} until he/{\ADD{God}} removes him.

\VS{8}It is then that
{\ADD{God will allow}} this man, who rejects
{\ADD{God’s}} laws
{\ADD{completely}}, to be revealed $\{$to reveal himself$\}$. Then the Lord Jesus will destroy him, by simply commanding it [MTY]. Jesus, by his own glorious arrival, will cause him to become
{\ADD{completely}} powerless.


\par }{\SH When this man is present, he will completely deceive those who will perish.
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{\SR 2 Thessalonians 2:9-12

\par }{\PP \VS{9}But
{\ADD{before Jesus destroys him}}, Satan will make him very powerful. As a result, he
{\ADD{will do all kinds of supernatural}} miracles and amazing things [DOU] that will seem as though
{\ADD{God has enabled him to do them}}.

\VS{10}And by doing wicked
{\ADD{things}}, he will completely deceive those who will
{\ADD{certainly}} ◄perish/go to hell►.
{\ADD{He will deceive them}} because they will have refused to love the true
{\ADD{message}}. So they will not be saved $\{$God will not save them$\}$.

\VS{11}So, God, by his power, will enable this man to easily deceive people, so that they will believe what
{\ADD{this man}} falsely
{\ADD{claims/says that he is}}.

\VS{12}The result will be that everyone will be
{\ADD{rightly}} condemned $\{$that
{\ADD{God}} will
{\ADD{justly}} condemn everyone$\}$
{\ADD{to be punished}} who did not believe the true
{\ADD{message}}, but who instead gladly chose
{\ADD{to be doing}} what is wicked.


\par }{\SH God chose you in order that you should be saved and share in Christ’s glory.
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{\SR 2 Thessalonians 2:13-14

\par }{\PP \VS{13}{\ADD{Our}} fellow believers, whom our Lord
{\ADD{Jesus}} loves, we thank God very frequently for you. It is appropriate/right for us to do that, because God chose you ◄from the beginning [MTY]
{\ADD{of creation/before the world existed}}► in order that he might save
{\ADD{you}} as a result of
{\ADD{your}} believing the true
{\ADD{message}} and as a result of
{\ADD{God’s}} Spirit setting you apart
{\ADD{for God}}.

\VS{14}{\ADD{We thank God that}} he chose you as a result of our
{\ADD{proclaiming}} the message about Christ
{\ADD{to you}}, in order that you might ◄share in/have► some of the glory that our Lord Jesus Christ has.


\par }{\SH Continue believing the teaching that we gave to you.
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{\SR 2 Thessalonians 2:15

\par }{\PP \VS{15}So,
{\ADD{our fellow believers, continue to be firm concerning what you believe}}; that is, continue believing the
{\ADD{true}} teaching that we gave to you by our speaking to you and by our
{\ADD{writing}} a letter
{\ADD{to you}}.


\par }{\SH We pray that our Lord Jesus Christ himself will encourage you and cause you to continue doing and speaking what is good.
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{\SR 2 Thessalonians 2:16-17

\par }{\PP \VS{16}Our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God, our Father, loves us and encourages us and causes us to confidently expect
{\ADD{to receive}} the eternal things that
{\ADD{he has promised to give to us}} as a result of
{\ADD{Christ}} acting kindly toward us in a way we did not deserve.

\VS{17}{\ADD{We strongly pray that}} God and Jesus together will encourage you! And we pray that they will cause you to continue doing and saying things that God considers to be good.




\par }\Chap{3}{\SH Pray that more and more people will believe the message about our Lord Jesus.
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{\SR 2 Thessalonians 3:1-2

\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}As for the other matters,
{\ADD{our}} fellow believers, pray for us that more and more
{\ADD{people will}} hear [PRS] our message
{\ADD{about our}} Lord
{\ADD{Jesus}}. Pray that they will believe this message, as you
{\ADD{have done}}.

\VS{2}Pray also for us that we will be rescued $\{$that God will rescue us$\}$ from those very perverse/evil people
{\ADD{here}} who
{\ADD{cause us to suffer. Pray like that}} because
{\ADD{they and many others}} refuse to believe [LIT]
{\ADD{this message}}.


\par }{\SH Our Lord Jesus will cause you to continue to be steadfast and he will protect you from the evil one.
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{\SR 2 Thessalonians 3:3-5

\par }{\PP \VS{3}{\ADD{Remember that our}} Lord
{\ADD{Jesus}} is trustworthy!
{\ADD{So we are sure that}} he will cause you to continue to be steadfast.
{\ADD{We are also sure that}} he will protect you from
{\ADD{Satan}}, the evil one (OR, from evil).

\VS{4}{\ADD{Because of your close relationship with our}} Lord
{\ADD{Jesus}}, we are confident that you are obeying what we have commanded you, and we are confident that you will obey what we are commanding
{\ADD{you in this letter}}.

\VS{5}{\ADD{We pray that our}} Lord
{\ADD{Jesus}} would enable you to continue
{\ADD{knowing}} that God loves you.
{\ADD{We pray}} also that Christ will cause you to continue
{\ADD{being}} steadfast (OR, being steadfast as he
{\ADD{was steadfast}}).


\par }{\SH We command you to disassociate yourselves from every fellow believer who refuses to work.
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{\SR 2 Thessalonians 3:6-11

\par }{\PP \VS{6}{\ADD{Our}} fellow believers, we command you, with the authority [MTY] that our Lord Jesus Christ
{\ADD{has given to us}}, that you stop associating with every fellow believer who is lazy and refuses to work. That is, you must stay away from those who are not
{\ADD{conducting their lives}} in the manner that we taught you.

\VS{7}{\ADD{We tell you this}} because you yourselves know that you should
{\ADD{behave}} like we
{\ADD{behaved}}. We ◄did not just sit
{\ADD{around}} without working/were never lazy►
{\ADD{while we were living}} among you.

\VS{8}Specifically, we did not eat anyone’s food if we did not pay
{\ADD{that person}} for it. Instead, we worked very hard ◄{\ADD{to support ourselves/to earn the money to buy what we needed}}►. We worked hard [DOU] during the day and during the night, in order that we would not have to depend on any of you
{\ADD{to supply what we needed}}.

\VS{9}We have always had the right
{\ADD{to depend on you for money, but instead we worked hard in order to make ourselves}} examples for you, in order that you should behave like we behave.

\VS{10}Remember that when we were
{\ADD{there}} with you, we kept commanding you that if any
{\ADD{fellow believer}} refuses to work,
{\ADD{you should not give}} him food to eat.

\VS{11}{\ADD{We are commanding the same thing}} again now, because someone has told us that some of you are lazy and not working at all, just interfering
{\ADD{with what other people are doing}}!


\par }{\SH We command those fellow believers who are not working to support themselves by settling down and working.
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{\SR 2 Thessalonians 3:12

\par }{\PP \VS{12}We command those fellow believers who are not working, and urge
{\ADD{them}} by the authority [MTY] of our Lord Jesus Christ, that they settle down and ◄support themselves by working/work to earn money to buy what they need►.


\par }{\SH You others, do not stop doing what is right because you are discouraged.
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{\SR 2 Thessalonians 3:13

\par }{\PP \VS{13}Fellow believers! Do not ever get tired of doing what is right!


\par }{\SH Publicly identify any fellow believer who does not obey what we have written in this letter and do not associate with him.
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{\SR 2 Thessalonians 3:14-15

\par }{\PP \VS{14}If any
{\ADD{fellow believer refuses to work}} and does not obey what I have written in this letter, ◄{\ADD{publicly}} identify that person/tell the congregation what that person is doing►. Then do not associate with him, in order that he may become ashamed.

\VS{15}Do not think of him as though he was
{\ADD{your}} enemy; instead, warn him as
{\ADD{you would warn your other}} fellow believers.


\par }{\SH I pray that our Lord Jesus himself will give peace to you always and in every situation.
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{\SR 2 Thessalonians 3:16a

\par }{\PP \VS{16}{\ADD{I pray that our}} Lord
{\ADD{Jesus}} himself, who
{\ADD{gives inner}} peace
{\ADD{to his people}}, will give
{\ADD{inner}} peace to you always ◄and in every situation/whatever happens►.

\par }{\SH In closing, I pray that our Lord Jesus will continue to bless you all. I, Paul, am greeting you and I am writing this myself in order that you may know that it is I who have sent this letter.
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{\SR 2 Thessalonians 3:16b-18

\par }{\PP I
{\ADD{pray that our}} Lord
{\ADD{Jesus will continue to}} help you all.

\VS{17}Now, having taken the pen from my scribe, I, Paul, am sending this greeting to you as I write this myself [SYN]. I do this in all my letters in order that you may know that it is truly I who have sent this letter. This is how I always end my letters.

\VS{18}I pray that our Lord Jesus Christ will continue to act kindly to you all.


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