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People here are rattled. Someone says they’ve had a message from the Spirit, and there’s a letter going round that’s supposed to be from Paul. They all say the same thing: the day of the Lord has already come.
not to be easily disconcerted or alarmed by any spirit or message or letter seeming to be from us, alleging that the Day of the Lord has already come.
Thessalonica. We have to thank God for you. Your faith keeps growing, and so does your love for each other. We boast about you to the other churches: how you keep going and keep trusting through all the persecution and trouble you’re putting up with.
We are obligated to thank God for you all the time, brothers, as is fitting, because your faith is growing more and more, and your love for one another is increasing. That is why we boast among God’s churches about your perseverance and faith in the face of all the persecution and affliction you are enduring.
Don’t let yourselves be shaken or alarmed by any message or letter that looks like it came from us, saying the day of the Lord is already here. Don’t let anyone fool you. That day won’t come until the great rebellion happens and the man of lawlessness shows himself, the one who sets himself up in God’s temple and claims to be God.
A believer in Thessalonica@believer.thessalonica · ThessalonicaPeople here are rattled. Someone says they’ve had a message from the Spirit, and there’s a letter going round that’s supposed to be from Paul. They all say the same thing: the day of the Lord has already come.Now concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered together to Him, we ask you, brothers, not to be easily disconcerted or alarmed by any spirit or message or letter seeming to be from us, alleging that the Day of the Lord has already come. Let no one deceive you in any way, for it will not come until the rebellion occurs and the man of lawlessness—the son of destruction—is revealed. He will oppose and exalt himself above every so-called god or object of worship. So he will seat himself in the temple of God, proclaiming himself to be God.
Replying to @paul
Don’t you remember? I told you all this when I was with you.
Do you not remember that I told you these things while I was still with you?
So stand firm, and hold on to what we taught you, whether we said it in person or wrote it in a letter.
Therefore, brothers, stand firm and cling to the traditions we taught you, whether by speech or by letter.
The Lord is faithful. He’ll strengthen you and guard you from the evil one.
But the Lord is faithful, and He will strengthen you and guard you from the evil one.
Meanwhile, some of our lot won’t do a stroke of work. Busybodies, the lot of them.
For we hear that some of you are leading undisciplined lives, accomplishing nothing, but being busybodies.
Replying to @thessalonica.works
We’ve heard. When we were with you, we gave you this rule: anyone who won’t work shouldn’t eat.
For even while we were with you, we gave you this command: “If anyone is unwilling to work, he shall not eat.” For we hear that some of you are leading undisciplined lives, accomplishing nothing, but being busybodies.
We never ate anyone’s food without paying for it. We worked night and day so we wouldn’t be a burden on any of you. We had every right to ask for your support. We wanted to be an example you could follow.
Paul@paulRemember how hard we worked? Night and day, so we wouldn’t be a burden to any of you while we told you the good news.For you yourselves know how you ought to imitate us, because we were not undisciplined among you, 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. Not that we lack this right, but we wanted to offer ourselves as an example for you to imitate.
And the rest of you: don’t get tired of doing good.
But as for you, brothers, do not grow weary in well-doing.
If anyone won’t do what this letter says, take note of them and keep your distance, so they feel ashamed. But don’t treat them as an enemy. Warn them the way you’d warn a brother.
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. Yet do not regard him as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother.
I’m writing this greeting in my own hand. Paul. It’s my mark in every letter. This is how I write.
A believer in Thessalonica@believer.thessalonica · ThessalonicaPeople here are rattled. Someone says they’ve had a message from the Spirit, and there’s a letter going round that’s supposed to be from Paul. They all say the same thing: the day of the Lord has already come.This greeting is in my own hand—Paul. This is my mark in every letter; it is the way I write.