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do who have nothing to hope for. For since we believe that Yeshua died and rose again, we also believe that in the same way God, through Yeshua, will take with him those who have died.

For the Lord himself will come down from heaven with a rousing cry, with a call from one of the ruling angels, and with God's shofar; those who died united with the Messiah will be the first to rise;

for you are all people who belong to the light, who belong to the day. We don't belong to the night or to darkness,

For God has not intended that we should experience his fury, but that we should gain deliverance through our Lord Yeshua the Messiah,

See that no one repays evil for evil; on the contrary, always try to do good to each other, indeed, to everyone.

In everything give thanks, for this is what God wants from you who are united with the Messiah Yeshua.

May the God of shalom make you completely holy — may your entire spirit, soul and body be kept blameless for the coming of our Lord Yeshua the Messiah.

Brothers, keep praying for us.

We have to keep thanking God for you always, brothers, as is appropriate; because your trust continues to grow greater, and the love you each have for one another continues to increase.

This is clear evidence that God's judgment is just; and as a result, you will be counted worthy of the Kingdom of God for which you are suffering.

For it is justice for God to pay back trouble to those who are troubling you,

With this in view, we always pray for you that our God may make you worthy of his calling and may fulfill by his power every good purpose of yours and every action stemming from your trust.

Don't let anyone deceive you in any way. For the Day will not come until after the Apostasy has come and the man who separates himself from Torah has been revealed, the one destined for doom.

For already this separating from Torah is at work secretly, but it will be secretly only until he who is restraining is out of the way.

He will enable him to deceive, in all kinds of wicked ways, those who are headed for destruction because they would not receive the love of the truth that could have saved them.

But we have to keep thanking God for you always, brothers whom the Lord loves, because God chose you as firstfruits for deliverance by giving you the holiness that has its origin in the Spirit and the faithfulness that has its origin in the truth.

Finally, brothers, pray for us that the Lord's message may spread rapidly and receive honor, just as it did with you;

and that we may be rescued from wicked and evil people, for not everyone has trust.

For you yourselves know how you must imitate us, that we were not idle when we were among you.

For even when we were with you, we gave you this command: if someone won't work, he shouldn't eat!