Armenian Apostolic Church Library Online

1. Paul, and Silvanus, and Timothy, unto the church of the Thessalonians

in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ;

2 Grace to you and peace from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

3 We are bound to give thanks to God always to you, brethren, even as it

is meet, for that your faith growth exceedingly, and the love of each one

of you all toward one another aboundeth;

4 so that we ourselves glory in you in the churches of God for your

patience and faith in all your persecutions and in the afflictions which ye

endure;

5. [which is] a manifest token of the righteous judgment of God; to the

end that ye may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which ye also

suffer:

6 if so be that it is righteous thing with God to recompense affliction

to them that afflict you,

7 and to you that are afflicted rest with us, at the revelation of the

Lord Jesus from heaven with the angels of his power in flaming fire,

8 rendering vengeance to them that know not God, and to them that obey

not the gospel of our Lord Jesus:

9 who shall suffer punishment, [even] eternal destruction from the face

of the Lord and from the glory of his might,

10 when he shall come to be glorified in his saints, and to be marvelled

at in all them that believed (because our testimony unto you was believed)

in that day.

11. To which end we also pray always for you, that our God may count you

worthy of your calling, and fulfil every desire of goodness and [every]

work of faith, with power;

12 that the name of our Lord Jesus may be glorified in you, and ye in

him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.

1. Now we beseech you, brethren, touching the coming of our Lord Jesus

Christ, and our gathering together unto him;

2 to the end that ye be not quickly shaken from your mind, nor yet be

troubled, either by spirit, or by word, or by epistle as from us, as that

the day of the Lord is just at hand;

3. let no man beguile you in any wise: for [it will not be,] except the

falling away come first, and the man of sin be revealed, the son of

perdition,

4 he that opposeth and exalteth himself against all that is called God or

that is worshipped; so that he sitteth in the temple of God, setting

himself forth as God.

5 Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these

things?

6 And now ye know that which restraineth, to the end that he may be

revealed in his own season.

7 For the mystery of lawlessness doth already work: only [there is] one

that restraineth now, until he be taken out of the way.

8 And then shall be revealed the lawless one, whom the Lord Jesus shall

slay with the breath of his mouth, and bring to nought by the manifestation

of his coming;

9 [even he], whose coming is according to the working of Satan with all

power and signs and lying wonders,

10 and with all deceit of unrighteousness for them that perish; because

they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.

11 And for this cause God sendeth them a working of error, that they

should believe a lie:

12 that they all might be judged who believed not the truth, but had

pleasure in unrighteousness.

13. But we are bound to give thanks to God always for you, brethren

beloved of the Lord, for that God chose you from the beginning unto

salvation in sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth:

14 whereunto he called you through our gospel, to the obtaining of the

glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.

15 So then, brethren, stand fast, and hold the traditions which ye were

taught, whether by word, or by epistle of ours.

16. Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our Father who loved us and

gave us eternal comfort and good hope through grace,

17 comfort your hearts and establish them in every good work and word.

2 Thessalonians 3

1. Finally, brethren, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may run and

be glorified, even as also [it is] with you;

2 and that we may be delivered from unreasonable and evil men; for all

have not faith.

3 But the Lord is faithful, who shall establish you, and guard you from

the evil [one].

4 And we have confidence in the Lord touching you, that ye both do and

will do the things which we command.

5 And the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God, and into the

patience of Christ.

6. Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,

that ye withdraw yourselves from every brother that walketh disorderly, and

not after the tradition which they received of us.

7 For yourselves know how ye ought to imitate us: for we behaved not

ourselves disorderly among you;

8 neither did we eat bread for nought at any man's hand, but in labor and

travail, working night and day, that we might not burden any of you:

9 not because we have not the right, but to make ourselves and ensample

unto you, that ye should imitate us.

10 For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, If any will not

work, neither let him eat.

11 For we hear of some that walk among you disorderly, that work not at

all, but are busybodies.

12 Now them that are such we command and exhort in the Lord Jesus Christ,

that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread.

13 But ye, brethren, be not weary in well-doing.

14 And if any man obeyeth not our word by this epistle, note that man,

that ye have no company with him, to the end that he may be ashamed.

15 And [yet] count him not as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother.

16. Now the Lord of peace himself give you peace at all times in all ways.

The Lord be with you all.

17 The salutation of me Paul with mine own hand, which is the token in

every epistle: so I write.

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