2 Thessalonians 3

• 1. Finally, dear brothers and sisters, I ask you to pray for us. Pray first that the Lord's message will spread rapidly and be honored wherever it goes, just as when it came to you.
• 2. Pray, too, that we will be saved from wicked and evil people, for not everyone believes in the Lord.
• 3. But the Lord is faithful; he will make you strong and guard you from the evil one.
• 4. And we are confident in the Lord that you are practicing the things we commanded you, and that you always will.
• 5. May the Lord bring you into an ever deeper understanding of the love of God and the endurance that comes from Christ.
• 6. And now, dear brothers and sisters, we give you this command with the authority of our Lord Jesus Christ: Stay away from any Christian who lives in idleness and doesn't follow the tradition of hard work we gave you.
• 7. For you know that you ought to follow our example. We were never lazy when we were with you.
• 8. We never accepted food from anyone without paying for it. We worked hard day and night so that we would not be a burden to any of you.
• 9. It wasn't that we didn't have the right to ask you to feed us, but we wanted to give you an example to follow.
• 10. Even while we were with you, we gave you this rule: "Whoever does not work should not eat."
• 11. Yet we hear that some of you are living idle lives, refusing to work and wasting time meddling in other people's business.
• 12. In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, we appeal to such people--no, we command them: Settle down and get to work. Earn your own living.
• 13. And I say to the rest of you, dear brothers and sisters, never get tired of doing good.
• 14. Take note of those who refuse to obey what we say in this letter. Stay away from them so they will be ashamed.
• 15. Don't think of them as enemies, but speak to them as you would to a Christian who needs to be warned.
• 16. May the Lord of peace himself always give you his peace no matter what happens. The Lord be with you all.
• 17. Now here is my greeting, which I write with my own hand--PAUL. I do this at the end of all my letters to prove that they really are from me.
• 18. May the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all.

New Living Translation: 190 of 260 days.