Study Desk

For you yourselves know very well that the day of the Lord will come just like a thief in the night.

But you, brothers and sisters, are not in the dark, for this day to surprise you like a thief.

For you are all children of light and children of the day. We do not belong to the night or the darkness.

For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk, get drunk at night.

For God did not appoint us to wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,

who died for us, so that whether we are awake or asleep, we may live together with him.

See to it that no one repays evil for evil to anyone, but always pursue what is good for one another and for all.

give thanks in everything; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.

Brothers and sisters, pray for us also.

We ought to thank God always for you, brothers and sisters, and rightly so, since your faith is flourishing and the love each one of you has for one another is increasing.

It is clear evidence of God’s righteous judgment that you will be counted worthy of God’s kingdom, for which you also are suffering,

since it is just for God to repay with affliction those who afflict you

In view of this, we always pray for you that our God will make you worthy of his calling, and by his power fulfill your every desire to do good and your work produced by faith,

Don’t let anyone deceive you in any way. For that day will not come unless the apostasy comes first and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the man doomed to destruction.

For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work, but the one now restraining will do so until he is out of the way,

For this reason God sends them a strong delusion so that they will believe the lie,

But we ought to thank God always for you, brothers and sisters loved by the Lord, because from the beginning God has chosen you for salvation through sanctification by the Spirit and through belief in the truth.

In addition, brothers and sisters, pray for us that the word of the Lord may spread rapidly and be honored, just as it was with you,

and that we may be delivered from wicked and evil people, for not all have faith.

For you yourselves know how you should imitate us: We were not idle among you;