Request for Prayer
Finally, brothers, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may spread quickly and be held in honor, just as it was with you. 1Th 5:25Col 4:31Co 16:9Eph 6:19-20Act 19:201Th 1:8Act 12:241Th 2:13 And pray that we may be delivered from wicked and evil men; for not everyone holds to the faith. 2Co 4:3-4Rom 15:31Deu 32:202Co 1:8-10Luk 18:8Rom 10:16Act 13:45Act 28:24 But the Lord is faithful, and He will strengthen you and guard you from the evil one. 1 2Ti 4:181Th 5:241Co 10:13Psa 121:71Co 1:9Jhn 17:15Mat 6:13Jud 1:24 And we have confidence in the Lord that you are doing and will continue to do what we command. Php 1:61Th 4:10Phm 1:212Co 2:3Php 2:121Th 4:1-22Th 3:122Th 3:6 May the Lord direct your hearts into God’s love and Christ’s perseverance. Psa 119:361Ch 29:18Deu 30:61Jn 4:191Co 8:3Heb 12:2-3Rev 3:10-11Jas 1:16-18
A Warning against Idleness
Now 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 2from us. 2Th 3:10-112Th 3:7Col 3:17Rom 16:171Th 5:141Th 4:12Th 2:152Ti 3:5 For you yourselves know how you ought to imitate us, because we were not undisciplined among you, 2Th 3:62Th 3:91Co 4:161Co 11:11Th 1:6-7Php 3:17Tit 2:71Ti 4:12 nor 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. Mat 6:111Th 2:9Act 18:3Eph 4:281Co 4:121Th 4:112Th 3:12Pro 31:27 Not that we lack this right, but we wanted to offer ourselves as an example for you to imitate. 2Th 3:71Co 9:4-141Th 2:6Gal 6:6Jhn 13:15Mat 10:101Pe 2:21 For even while we were with you, we gave you this command: “If anyone is unwilling to work, he shall not eat.” Gen 3:191Th 4:11Pro 13:4Pro 20:4Pro 21:25Pro 24:30-341Th 3:4Jhn 16:4
Yet we hear that some of you are leading undisciplined lives and accomplishing nothing but being busybodies. 1Ti 5:131Th 4:112Th 3:61Pe 4:15 We command and urge such people by our Lord Jesus Christ to begin working quietly to earn their own living. Eph 4:281Th 4:112Th 3:8Ecc 4:6Luk 11:3Pro 17:11Th 4:1Gen 49:14-15 But as for you, brothers, do not grow weary in well-doing. Gal 6:9-10Heb 12:32Co 4:12Co 4:16Isa 40:29-31Luk 18:11Th 4:1Heb 12:5
Take 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. Tit 3:101Co 5:112Th 3:6Psa 83:161Th 4:8Jer 6:15Pro 5:131Co 5:9 Yet do not regard him as an enemy, but warn him as a brother. Tit 3:101Co 5:51Th 5:141Co 4:14Gal 6:1Pro 25:12Pro 9:92Co 13:10
Signature and Final Greetings
(1 Corinthians 16:19–24; Colossians 4:15–18)
Now may the Lord of peace Himself give you peace at all times and in every way. The Lord be with all of you. Psa 29:11Jhn 16:33Mat 1:23Jhn 14:27Jdg 6:24Rom 15:33Rom 16:20Luk 2:14
This greeting is in my own hand—Paul. This is my mark in every letter; it is the way I write. 1Co 16:21Col 4:182Th 1:51Sa 17:18Jos 2:12
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with all of you. 3 Rom 16:20Rom 16:23