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After all, when the Lord Jesus appears, who else but you will give us hope and joy and be like a glorious crown for us?

Finally, my dear friends, since you belong to the Lord Jesus, we beg and urge you to live as we taught you. Then you will please God. You are already living that way, but try even harder.

God didn't choose you to be filthy, but to be pure.

and you already have shown your love for all of his people in Macedonia. But, my dear friends, we ask you to do even more.

People will think they are safe and secure. But destruction will suddenly strike them like the pains of a woman about to give birth. And they won't escape.

Others may sleep, but we should stay awake and be alert.

But we belong to the day. So we must stay sober and let our faith and love be like a suit of armor. Our firm hope that we will be saved is our helmet.

God doesn't intend to punish us, but wants us to be saved by our Lord Jesus Christ.

but he will give you relief from your troubles. He will do the same for us, when the Lord Jesus comes from heaven with his powerful angels

But don't be fooled! People will rebel against God. Then before the Lord returns, the wicked one who is doomed to be destroyed will appear.

His mysterious power is already at work, but someone is holding him back. And the wicked one won't appear until that someone is out of the way.

Then he will appear, but the Lord Jesus will kill him simply by breathing on him. He will be completely destroyed by the Lord's glorious return.

Lost people will be fooled by his evil deeds. They could be saved, but they will refuse to love the truth and accept it.

But the Lord can be trusted to make you strong and protect you from harm.

We had the right not to work, but we wanted to set an example for you.

Don't consider them your enemies, but speak kindly to them as you would to any other follower.

There are some who have given up these for nothing but empty talk.

They want to be teachers of the Law of Moses. But they don't know what they are talking about, even though they think they do.

We also understand that it wasn't given to control people who please God, but to control lawbreakers, criminals, godless people, and sinners. It is for wicked and evil people, and for murderers, who would even kill their own parents.

I used to say terrible and insulting things about him, and I was cruel. But he had mercy on me because I didn't know what I was doing, and I had not yet put my faith in him.