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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>2 Thessalonians 3 Catholic Public Domain Version</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/2_thessalonians/3.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/2_thessalonians/3-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">CPDV</a> > 2 Thess. 3</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="../menu.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../2_thessalonians/2.htm" title="2 Thessalonians 2">◄</a> 2 Thessalonians 3 <a href="../1_timothy/1.htm" title="1 Timothy 1">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">Catholic Public Domain Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/parallel/2_thessalonians/3-1.htm" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Verses"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><A name="2"></a><p class="hdg">Request for Prayer<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_thessalonians/3-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Concerning other things, brothers, pray for us, so that the Word of God may advance and be glorified, just as it is among you, <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_thessalonians/3-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>and so that we may be freed from pertinacious and evil men. For not everyone is faithful. <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_thessalonians/3-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>But God is faithful. He will strengthen you, and he will guard you from evil. <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_thessalonians/3-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>And we have confidence about you in the Lord, that you are doing, and will continue to do, just as we have instructed. <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_thessalonians/3-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>And may the Lord direct your hearts, in the charity of God and with the patience of Christ.<p> <A name="7"></a><p class="hdg">A Warning against Idleness<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_thessalonians/3-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>But we strongly caution you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to draw yourselves away from every brother who is walking in disorder and not according to the tradition that they received from us. <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_thessalonians/3-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>For you yourselves know the manner in which you ought to imitate us. For we were not disorderly among you. <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_thessalonians/3-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Nor did we eat bread from anyone for free, but rather, we worked night and day, in hardship and weariness, so as not to be burdensome to you. <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_thessalonians/3-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>It was not as if we had no authority, but this was so that we might present ourselves as an example to you, in order to imitate us. <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_thessalonians/3-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Then, too, while we were with you, we insisted on this to you: that if anyone was not willing to work, neither should he eat. <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_thessalonians/3-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>For we have heard that there are some among you who act disruptively, not working at all, but eagerly meddling. <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_thessalonians/3-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Now we charge those who act in this way, and we beg them in the Lord Jesus Christ, that they work in silence and eat their own bread. <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_thessalonians/3-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>And you, brothers, do not grow weak in doing good.<p> <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_thessalonians/3-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>But if anyone does not obey our word by this epistle, take note of him and do not keep company with him, so that he may be ashamed. <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_thessalonians/3-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>But do not be willing to consider him as an enemy; instead, correct him as a brother.<p> <A name="17"></a><p class="hdg">Signature and Final Greetings<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../1_corinthians/16.htm#19">1 Corinthians 16:19–24</a>; <a href ="../colossians/4.htm#15">Colossians 4:15–18</a>)</span><p><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_thessalonians/3-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Then may the Lord of peace himself give you an everlasting peace, in every place. May the Lord be with all of you.<p> <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_thessalonians/3-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>The greeting of Paul with my own hand, which is the seal in every epistle. So do I write. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_thessalonians/3-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>May the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. 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