001:006 A plain token of God's righteous judgement, I say, since it
is a righteous thing for Him to requite with affliction
those who are now afflicting you;
001:007 and to requite with rest you who are suffering affliction now—
rest with us at the re-appearing of the Lord Jesus from Heaven,
attended by His mighty angels.
001:008 He will come in flames of fire to take vengeance on those
who have no knowledge of God, and do not obey the Good News
as to Jesus, our Lord.
001:009 They will pay the penalty of eternal destruction, being banished from the presence of the Lord and from His glorious majesty,
001:010 when He comes on that day to be glorified in His people and to
be wondered at among all who have believed, including you—
because you believed the testimony which we brought
for your acceptance.
001:011 It is with this view also that we continually pray to our God
for you, asking that He will count you worthy of His call,
and by His mighty power fully gratify your every desire
for what is truly good and make your work of faith complete;
001:012 in order that the name of our Lord Jesus may be glorified in you, and that you may be glorified in Him—so wonderful is the grace of our God and of the Lord Jesus Christ!
002:001 But with respect to the Coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered to meet Him, we entreat you, brethren,
002:002 not readily to become unsettled in mind or troubled— either by any pretended spiritual revelation or by any message or letter claiming to have been sent by us—through fancying that the day of the Lord is now here.
002:003 Let no one in any way deceive you, for that day cannot come
without the coming of the apostasy first, and the appearing
of the man of sin, the son of perdition, who sets himself against,