< 2 Thessalonians KWL. >

5 Don’t you remember the things I told you when I was still with you?

6 Now you know about what’s been revealed in its own time—but is holding back

7 for the secret of the lawbreaker is already working.

It’s holding back now—only till it comes to the middle.

8 Then the lawbreaker will be revealed—whom Master Jesus will take out with his mouth’s breath.

He’ll abolish it at the manifestation of his second coming:

9 This is the coming against Satan’s works in every power, “miracle,” and fake wonder;

10 in every unrighteous trick towards those destroying themselves.

For fake miracles don’t accept the love of truth in their salvation.

11 Through it, God sends them off with their belief in fakes, in powerful error.

12 Thus everyone who didn’t trust truth, but were pleased with wrongness, can be judged.

13 We have to always give thanks to God for you, sisters and brothers beloved by the Master:

God chose you! Firstfruits in salvation, by the Spirit’s holiness and trust in truth.

14 God called you to this through our gospel—

to acquire the glory of our Master, Christ Jesus.

6 Fellow Christians, we order you in the name of Christ Jesus our master:

Keep yourselves away from any Christians who have an undisciplined walk,

which isn’t consistent with the tradition they got from us.

7 You know the way they have to act: Like us.

We weren’t undisciplined around you.

8 We never took free bread from anyone.

Instead, night and day, in hard work and hardship,

we were working so we wouldn’t be a burden to any of you.

9 Not that we didn’t have the right,

but we ourselves wanted to give you a good example, so you’d act like us.

10 So when we were with you, we ordered you,

“If he doesn’t want to work, he doesn’t eat.”

11 We hear some of you have an undisciplined walk:

You never work, but waste your time on trivia.

12 We command and urge such people, in the name of Christ Jesus the master,

so that they can eat bread—while quietly working on their own thing.

13 As for you, fellow Christians, don’t give up on doing good.

14 If those people won’t heed our message in this letter, mark them,

and stay away from them, so they’ll be ashamed.

15 But don’t treat them like enemies: Correct them like family.