Request for prayer
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📚Finally, brethren, pray for us✭, that the word of the Lord may have free course and be glorified✭, just as it is with you, 2 📚✭and that we may be delivered from unreasonable and wicked men; for not everyone has faith.Paul’s prayer and his faith
3 📚But the Lord is faithful✭, who will establish you and keep you from evil✭. 4 📚And we have confidence in the Lord✭ concerning you, that you are doing and will continue to do the things we command you✭. 5 📚And the Lord direct your hearts into the love✭ of God and into the patient waiting for Christ✭.
Exhortation concerning idleness and laziness
6 📚Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord✭ Jesus Christ, to keep away✭ from every brother who behaves disorderly and not according to the tradition he received from us.
The example Paul set
7 📚For you know how you ought to follow us✭. For we did not behave disorderly among you, 8 📚and we did not eat anyone’s bread paying nothing, but worked night and day, labouring and toiling, so that we might not be a burden to any of you, 9 📚not because we do not have the right✭ to receive from you, but we wanted to make ourselves an example✭ to you to follow us. 10 📚For even when we were with you, we commanded you that if anyone would not work✭ he should not eat.
11 📚For we hear that there are some who behave disorderly among you, not working at all, but are busybodies✭. 12 📚Now such people we command and exhort by our Lord Jesus Christ to work quietly, and eat their own bread. 13 📚But you, brethren, do not be weary in doing well.
14 📚✭And if anyone does not obey our word in this letter, note that man and do not associate with him, so that he may be ashamed. 15 📚But do not regard him as an enemy, but warn him as a brother.
Concluding remarks
16 📚Now the Lord of peace✭ himself give you peace✭ always in every way. The Lord be with you all.
17 📚✭The salutation of Paul with my own hand. This is the sign in every letter. This is how I write.
18 📚The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.