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| 1Finally, brothers, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may speed ahead and be honored, as happened among you, | 1Finally, brothers, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may spread quickly and be held in honor, just as it was with you. |
| 2and that we may be delivered from wicked and evil men. For not all have faith. | 2And pray that we may be delivered from wicked and evil men; for not everyone holds to the faith. |
| 3But the Lord is faithful. He will establish you and guard you against the evil one. | 3But the Lord is faithful, and He will strengthen you and guard you from the evil one. |
| 4And we have confidence in the Lord about you, that you are doing and will do the things that we command. | 4And we have confidence in the Lord that you are doing and will continue to do what we command. |
| 5May the Lord direct your hearts to the love of God and to the steadfastness of Christ. | 5May the Lord direct your hearts into God’s love and Christ’s perseverance. |
| 6Now 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. | 6Now we command you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to keep away from any brother who leads an undisciplined life that is not in keeping with the tradition you received from us. |
| 7For you yourselves know how you ought to imitate us, because we were not idle when we were with you, | 7For you yourselves know how you ought to imitate us, because we were not undisciplined among you, |
| 8nor 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. | 8nor did we eat anyone’s food without paying for it. Instead, in labor and toil, we worked night and day so that we would not be a burden to any of you. |
| 9It was not because we do not have that right, but to give you in ourselves an example to imitate. | 9Not that we lack this right, but we wanted to offer ourselves as an example for you to imitate. |
| 10For even when we were with you, we would give you this command: If anyone is not willing to work, let him not eat. | 10For even while we were with you, we gave you this command: “If anyone is unwilling to work, he shall not eat.” |
| 11For we hear that some among you walk in idleness, not busy at work, but busybodies. | 11Yet we hear that some of you are leading undisciplined lives and accomplishing nothing but being busybodies. |
| 12Now such persons we command and encourage in the Lord Jesus Christ to do their work quietly and to earn their own living. | 12We command and urge such people by our Lord Jesus Christ to begin working quietly to earn their own living. |
| 13As for you, brothers, do not grow weary in doing good. | 13But as for you, brothers, do not grow weary in well-doing. |
| 14If 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. | 14Take note of anyone who does not obey the instructions we have given in this letter. Do not associate with him, so that he may be ashamed. |
| 15Do not regard him as an enemy, but warn him as a brother. | 15Yet do not regard him as an enemy, but warn him as a brother. |
| 16Now may the Lord of peace himself give you peace at all times in every way. The Lord be with you all. | 16Now may the Lord of peace Himself give you peace at all times and in every way. The Lord be with all of you. |
| 17I, 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. | 17This greeting is in my own hand—Paul. This is my mark in every letter; it is the way I write. |
| 18The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. | 18The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with all of you. |
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