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when he comes on that day to be glorified in his saints, and to be marveled at in all who have believed, because our testimony to you was believed.

To this end we always pray for you, that our God may make you worthy of his call, and may fulfil every good resolve and work of faith by his power,

who opposes and exalts himself against every so-called god or object of worship, so that he takes his seat in the temple of God, proclaiming himself to be God.

And you know what is restraining him now so that he may be revealed in his time.

And then the lawless one will be revealed, and the Lord Jesus will slay him with the breath of his mouth and destroy him by his appearing and his coming.

I thank him who has given me strength for this, Christ Jesus our Lord, because he judged me faithful by appointing me to his service,

but I received mercy for this reason, that in me, as the foremost, Jesus Christ might display his perfect patience for an example to those who were to believe in him for eternal life.

He must manage his own household well, keeping his children submissive and respectful in every way;

for if a man does not know how to manage his own household, how can he care for God's church?

If any one does not provide for his relatives, and especially for his own family, he has disowned the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.

for the scripture says, "You shall not muzzle an ox when it is treading out the grain," and, "The laborer deserves his wages."

In the presence of God who gives life to all things, and of Christ Jesus who in his testimony before Pontius Pilate made the good confession,

Do not be ashamed then of testifying to our Lord, nor of me his prisoner, but share in suffering for the gospel in the power of God,

who saved us and called us with a holy calling, not in virtue of our works but in virtue of his own purpose and the grace which he gave us in Christ Jesus ages ago,

No soldier on service gets entangled in civilian pursuits, since his aim is to satisfy the one who enlisted him.

But God's firm foundation stands, bearing this seal: "The Lord knows those who are his," and, "Let every one who names the name of the Lord depart from iniquity."

correcting his opponents with gentleness. God may perhaps grant that they will repent and come to know the truth,

and they may escape from the snare of the devil, after being captured by him to do his will.

I charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus who is to judge the living and the dead, and by his appearing and his kingdom:

Henceforth there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will award to me on that Day, and not only to me but also to all who have loved his appearing.