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One more thing, friends: Pray for us. Pray that the Master's Word will simply take off and race through the country to a groundswell of response, just as it did among you.

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Finally, brothers, pray for us that the message of the Lord may spread rapidly and be honored, just as it was with you.

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Finally, brethren, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may run swiftly and be glorified, just as it is with you,

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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.

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And pray that we'll be rescued from these scoundrels who are trying to do us in. I'm finding that not all "believers" are believers.

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And pray that we may be delivered from wicked and evil men, for not everyone has faith.

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and that we may be delivered from unreasonable and wicked men; for not all have faith.

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Pray, too, that we will be saved from wicked and evil people, for not everyone believes in the Lord.

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But the Master never lets us down. He'll stick by you and protect you from evil.

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But the Lord is faithful, and he will strengthen and protect you from the evil one.

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But the Lord is faithful, who will establish you and guard you from the evil one.

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But the Lord is faithful; he will make you strong and guard you from the evil one.

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Because of the Master, we have great confidence in you. We know you're doing everything we told you and will continue doing it.

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We have confidence in the Lord that you are doing and will continue to do the things we command.

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And we have confidence in the Lord concerning you, both that you do and will do the things we command you.

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And we are confident in the Lord that you are practicing the things we commanded you, and that you always will.

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May the Master take you by the hand and lead you along the path of God's love and Christ's endurance.

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May the Lord direct your hearts into God's love and Christ's perseverance.

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Now may the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God and into the patience of Christ.

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May the Lord bring you into an ever deeper understanding of the love of God and the endurance that comes from Christ.

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Our orders--backed up by the Master, Jesus--are to refuse to have anything to do with those among you who are lazy and refuse to work the way we taught you. Don't permit them to freeload on the rest.

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In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, we command you, brothers, to keep away from every brother who is idle and does not live according to the teaching you received from us.

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But we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you withdraw from every brother who walks disorderly and not according to the tradition which he received from us.

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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.

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We showed you how to pull your weight when we were with you, so get on with it.

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For you yourselves know how you ought to follow our example. We were not idle when we were with you,

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For you yourselves know how you ought to follow us, for we were not disorderly among you;

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For you know that you ought to follow our example. We were never lazy when we were with you.

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We didn't sit around on our hands expecting others to take care of us. In fact, we worked our fingers to the bone, up half the night moonlighting so you wouldn't be burdened with taking care of us.

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nor did we eat anyone's food without paying for it. On the contrary, we worked night and day, laboring and toiling so that we would not be a burden to any of you.

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nor did we eat anyone's bread free of charge, but worked with labor and toil night and day, that we might not be a burden to any of you,

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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.

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And it wasn't because we didn't have a right to your support; we did. We simply wanted to provide an example of diligence, hoping it would prove contagious.

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We did this, not because we do not have the right to such help, but in order to make ourselves a model for you to follow.

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not because we do not have authority, but to make ourselves an example of how you should follow us.

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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.

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Don't you remember the rule we had when we lived with you? "If you don't work, you don't eat."

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For even when we were with you, we gave you this rule: "If a man will not work, he shall not eat."

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For even when we were with you, we commanded you this: If anyone will not work, neither shall he eat.

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Even while we were with you, we gave you this rule: "Whoever does not work should not eat."

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And now we're getting reports that a bunch of lazy good-for-nothings are taking advantage of you.

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We hear that some among you are idle. They are not busy; they are busybodies.

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For we hear that there are some who walk among you in a disorderly manner, not working at all, but are busybodies.

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Yet we hear that some of you are living idle lives, refusing to work and wasting time meddling in other people's business.

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This must not be tolerated. We command them to get to work immediately--no excuses, no arguments--and earn their own keep.

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Such people we command and urge in the Lord Jesus Christ to settle down and earn the bread they eat.

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Now those who are such we command and exhort through our Lord Jesus Christ that they work in quietness and eat their own bread.

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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.

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Friends, don't slack off in doing your duty.

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And as for you, brothers, never tire of doing what is right.

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But as for you, brethren, do not grow weary in doing good.

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And I say to the rest of you, dear brothers and sisters, never get tired of doing good.

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If anyone refuses to obey our clear command written in this letter, don't let him get by with it. Point out such a person and refuse to subsidize his freeloading. Maybe then he'll think twice.

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If anyone does not obey our instruction in this letter, take special note of him. Do not associate with him, in order that he may feel ashamed.

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And if anyone does not obey our word in this epistle, note that person and do not keep company with him, that he may be ashamed.

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Take note of those who refuse to obey what we say in this letter. Stay away from them so they will be ashamed.

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But don't treat him as an enemy. Sit him down and talk about the problem as someone who cares.

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Yet do not regard him as an enemy, but warn him as a brother.

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Yet do not count him as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother.

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Don't think of them as enemies, but speak to them as you would to a Christian who needs to be warned.

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May the Master of Peace himself give you the gift of getting along with each other at all times, in all ways. May the Master be truly among you!

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Now may the Lord of peace himself give you peace at all times and in every way. The Lord be with all of you.

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Now may the Lord of peace Himself give you peace always in every way. The Lord be with you all.

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May the Lord of peace himself always give you his peace no matter what happens. The Lord be with you all.

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I, Paul, bid you good-bye in my own handwriting. I do this in all my letters, so examine my signature as proof that the letter is genuine.

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I, Paul, write this greeting in my own hand, which is the distinguishing mark in all my letters. This is how I write.

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The salutation of Paul with my own hand, which is a sign in every epistle; so I write.

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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.

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The incredible grace of our Master, Jesus Christ, be with all of you!

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The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all.

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The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.

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May the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all.