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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 rapidly, and that it may be honored the way it is among you. |
| 2and that we may be delivered from wicked and evil men. For not all have faith. | 2Also pray that we may be rescued from worthless and evil people, since 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 will strengthen you and protect 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. | 4We 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 to the love of God and to the endurance of the Messiah. |
| 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. | 6In the name of our Lord Jesus, the Messiah, we command you, brothers, to keep away from every brother who is living in idleness and not living according to the tradition that they 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 what you must do to imitate us. We never lived in idleness 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. | 8We did not eat anyone's food without paying for it. Instead, with toil and labor we worked night and day in order not to 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. | 9It is not as though we did not have that right, but we wanted to give you an example to follow. |
| 10For even when we were with you, we would give you this command: If anyone is not willing to work, let him not eat. | 10While we were with you, we gave this order: "If anyone doesn't want to work, he shouldn't eat." |
| 11For we hear that some among you walk in idleness, not busy at work, but busybodies. | 11We hear that some of you are living in idleness. You are not busy working —you are busy interfering in other people's lives! |
| 12Now such persons we command and encourage in the Lord Jesus Christ to do their work quietly and to earn their own living. | 12We order and encourage such people by the Lord Jesus, the Messiah, to do their work quietly and to earn their own living. |
| 13As for you, brothers, do not grow weary in doing good. | 13Brothers, do not get tired of doing what is right. |
| 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. | 14If anyone does not obey what we say in this letter, take note of him. Have nothing to do with him so that he will feel ashamed. |
| 15Do not regard him as an enemy, but warn him as a brother. | 15Yet, don't treat him like an enemy, but warn him like 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 give you his peace at all times and in every way. May 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. | 17I, Paul, am writing this greeting with my own hand. This is the mark in every letter of mine. It is the way I write. |
| 18The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. | 18May the grace of our Lord Jesus, the Messiah, be with all of you. Amen. |
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