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and to await his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, Jesus, the one who delivers us from the coming wrath.

just as you know how we treated each one of you, like a father his own children,

exhorting and consoling you and insisting that you live in a manner worthy of God, who calls you to his own kingdom and glory.

For who is our hope or joy or crown of boasting? Is it not even you, in the presence of our Lord Jesus at his coming?

so that your hearts may be established blameless in holiness before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints.

that each of you know how to possess his own vessel in sanctification and honor,

not to transgress and to exploit his brother in the matter, because the Lord is the one who avenges concerning all these things, just as also we told you beforehand and testified solemnly.

Therefore the one who rejects this is not rejecting man, but God, who also gives his Holy Spirit to you.

and to you who are being afflicted, rest with us at the revelation of the Lord Jesus from heaven with his powerful angels,

who will pay the penalty of eternal destruction, away from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his strength,

whenever he should come to be glorified on that day by his saints and to be marveled at by all who believe, because our testimony was believed among you,

And you know that which restrains him now, so that he will be revealed in his own time.

and then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will slay with the breath of his mouth, and wipe out by the appearance of his coming,

knowing this, that the law is not given for a righteous person but for the lawless and rebellious, for the ungodly and sinners, for the unholy and totally worldly, for the one who kills his father and the one who kills his mother, for murderers,

But because of this I was shown mercy, in order that in me foremost, Christ Jesus might demonstrate his total patience, for an example for those who are going to believe in him for eternal life.

managing his own household well, having children in submission with all dignity

(but if someone does not know how to manage his own household, how will he take care of the church of God?),

But if someone does not provide for his own relatives, and especially the members of his household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.

For the scripture says, "You must not muzzle an ox while it is threshing," and "The worker is worthy of his wages."

which he will make known in his own time, the blessed and only Sovereign, the King of those who reign as kings and Lord of those who rule as lords,