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2 Thessalonians 3

Exhortation

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 aFinally, brethren,  bpray for us that  cthe word of the Lord will  1spread rapidly and be glorified, just as it did also with you;

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and that we will be  arescued from  1perverse and evil men; for not all have  2faith.

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But  athe Lord is faithful,  1and He will strengthen and protect you  2from  bthe evil one.

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We have  aconfidence in the Lord concerning you, that you  bare doing and will continue to do what we command.

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May the Lord  adirect your hearts into the love of God and into the steadfastness of Christ.

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Now we command you, brethren,  ain the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you  1 bkeep away from every brother who  2leads an  3 cunruly life and not according to  dthe tradition which  4you received from us.

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For you yourselves know how you ought to  1 afollow our example, because we did not act in an undisciplined manner among you,

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nor did we  aeat  1anyone's bread  2without paying for it, but with  blabor and hardship we kept  cworking night and day so that we would not be a burden to any of you;

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not because we do not have  athe right to this, but in order to offer ourselves  bas a model for you, so that you would  1follow our example.

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For even  awhen we were with you, we used to give you this order:  bif anyone is not willing to work, then he is not to eat, either.

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For we hear that some among you are  aleading an undisciplined life, doing no work at all, but acting like  bbusybodies.

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Now such persons we command and  aexhort in the Lord Jesus Christ to  bwork in quiet fashion and eat their own bread.

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But as for you,  abrethren,  bdo not grow weary of doing good.

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If anyone does not obey our  1instruction  2 ain this letter, take special note of that person  3 band do not associate with him, so that he will be  cput to shame.

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Yet  ado not regard him as an enemy, but  1 badmonish him as a  cbrother.

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Now  amay the Lord of peace  bHimself continually grant you peace in every  1circumstance.  cThe Lord be with you all!

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 1I, Paul, write this greeting  awith my own hand, and this is a distinguishing mark in every letter; this is the way I write.

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 aThe grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all.



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