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World English Bible

2 Thessalonians 3 (WEBP)

[1] Finally, brothers, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may spread rapidly and be glorified, even as also with you,
[2] and that we may be delivered from unreasonable and evil men; for not all have faith.
[3] But the Lord is faithful, who will establish you and guard you from the evil one.
[4] We have confidence in the Lord concerning you, that you both do and will do the things we command.
[5] May the Lord direct your hearts into God’s love and into the perseverance of Christ.
[6] Now we command you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you withdraw yourselves from every brother who walks in rebellion and not after the tradition which they received from us.
[7] For you know how you ought to imitate us. For we didn’t behave ourselves rebelliously among you,
[8] neither did we eat bread from anyone’s hand without paying for it, but in labor and travail worked night and day, that we might not burden any of you.
[9] This was not because we don’t have the right, but to make ourselves an example to you, that you should imitate us.
[10] For even when we were with you, we commanded you this: “If anyone is not willing to work, don’t let him eat.”
[11] For we hear of some who walk among you in rebellion, who don’t work at all, but are busybodies.
[12] Now those who are that way, we command and exhort in the Lord Jesus Christ, that they work with quietness and eat their own bread.
[13] But you, brothers, don’t be weary in doing what is right.
[14] If any man doesn’t obey our word in this letter, note that man and have no company with him, to the end that he may be ashamed.
[15] Don’t count him as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother.
[16] Now may the Lord of peace himself give you peace at all times in all ways. The Lord be with you all.
[17] I, Paul, write this greeting with my own hand, which is the sign in every letter. This is how I write.
[18] The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.

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King James w/Strong’s #s

2 Thessalonians 3 (KJVS)

[1] Finally, brethren, pray () for us, that the word of the Lord may have free course, () and be glorified, () even as it is with you:
[2] and that we may be delivered () from unreasonable and wicked men: for all men have not faith.
[3] But the Lord is () faithful, who shall stablish () you, and keep () you from evil.
[4] And we have confidence () in the Lord touching you, that ye both do () and will do () the things which we command () you.
[5] And the Lord direct () your hearts into the love of God, and into the patient waiting for 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 he received () of us.
[7] For yourselves know () how ye ought () to follow () us: for we behaved not ourselves disorderly () among you;
[8] neither did we eat () any man’s bread for nought; but wrought () with labour and travail night and day, that we might not be chargeable () to any of you:
[9] not because we have () not power, but to make () ourselves an ensample unto you to follow () us.
[10] For even when we were () with you, this we commanded () you, that if any would () not work, () neither should he eat. ()
[11] For we hear () that there are some which walk () among you disorderly, working () not at all, but are busybodies. ()
[12] Now them that are such we command () and exhort () by our 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 obey () not our word by this epistle, note () that man, and have no company with () him, that he may be ashamed. ()
[15] Yet count () him not as an enemy, but admonish () him as a brother.
[16] Now the Lord of peace himself give () you peace always by all means. The Lord be with you all.
[17] The salutation of 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. Amen. The second epistle to the Thessalonians was written () from Athens.

2 Thessalonians 3:1 Gr. may run
2 Thessalonians 3:2 Gr. absurd
2 Thessalonians 3:5 Or, the patience of Christ
2 Thessalonians 3:13 Or, faint not

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

2 Thessalonians 3 (BYZ)

[1] Τὸ () λοιπόν, () προσεύχεσθε, () ἀδελφοί, () περὶ () ἡμῶν, () ἵνα () ὁ () λόγος () τοῦ () κυρίου () τρέχῃ () καὶ () δοξάζηται, () καθὼς () καὶ () πρὸς () ὑμᾶς, ()
[2] καὶ () ἵνα () ῥυσθῶμεν () ἀπὸ () τῶν () ἀτόπων () καὶ () πονηρῶν () ἀνθρώπων· () οὐ () γὰρ () πάντων () ἡ () πίστις. ()
[3] Πιστὸς () δέ () ἐστιν () ὁ () κύριος, () ὃς () στηρίξει () ὑμᾶς () καὶ () φυλάξει () ἀπὸ () τοῦ () πονηροῦ. ()
[4] Πεποίθαμεν () δὲ () ἐν () κυρίῳ () ἐφ’ () ὑμᾶς, () ὅτι () ἃ () παραγγέλλομεν () ὑμῖν, () καὶ () ποιεῖτε () καὶ () ποιήσετε. ()
[5] Ὁ () δὲ () κύριος () κατευθύναι () ὑμῶν () τὰς () καρδίας () εἰς () τὴν () ἀγάπην () τοῦ () θεοῦ, () καὶ () εἰς () τὴν () ὑπομονὴν () τοῦ () χριστοῦ. ()
[6] Παραγγέλλομεν () δὲ () ὑμῖν, () ἀδελφοί, () ἐν () ὀνόματι () τοῦ () κυρίου () ἡμῶν () Ἰησοῦ () χριστοῦ, () στέλλεσθαι () ὑμᾶς () ἀπὸ () παντὸς () ἀδελφοῦ () ἀτάκτως () περιπατοῦντος, () καὶ () μὴ () κατὰ () τὴν () παράδοσιν () ἣν () παρέλαβον () παρ’ () ἡμῶν. ()
[7] Αὐτοὶ () γὰρ () οἴδατε () πῶς () δεῖ () μιμεῖσθαι () ἡμᾶς· () ὅτι () οὐκ () ἠτακτήσαμεν () ἐν () ὑμῖν, ()
[8] οὐδὲ () δωρεὰν () ἄρτον () ἐφάγομεν () παρά () τινος, () ἀλλ’ () ἐν () κόπῳ () καὶ () μόχθῳ, () νύκτα () καὶ () ἡμέραν () ἐργαζόμενοι, () πρὸς () τὸ () μὴ () ἐπιβαρῆσαί () τινα () ὑμῶν· ()
[9] οὐχ () ὅτι () οὐκ () ἔχομεν () ἐξουσίαν, () ἀλλ’ () ἵνα () ἑαυτοὺς () τύπον () δῶμεν () ὑμῖν () εἰς () τὸ () μιμεῖσθαι () ἡμᾶς. ()
[10] Καὶ () γὰρ () ὅτε () ἦμεν () πρὸς () ὑμᾶς, () τοῦτο () παρηγγέλλομεν () ὑμῖν () ὅτι () εἴ () τις () οὐ () θέλει () ἐργάζεσθαι, () μηδὲ () ἐσθιέτω. ()
[11] Ἀκούομεν () γάρ () τινας () περιπατοῦντας () ἐν () ὑμῖν () ἀτάκτως, () μηδὲν () ἐργαζομένους, () ἀλλὰ () περιεργαζομένους. ()
[12] Τοῖς () δὲ () τοιούτοις () παραγγέλλομεν () καὶ () παρακαλοῦμεν () διὰ () τοῦ () κυρίου () ἡμῶν () Ἰησοῦ () χριστοῦ, () ἵνα () μετὰ () ἡσυχίας () ἐργαζόμενοι () τὸν () ἑαυτῶν () ἄρτον () ἐσθίωσιν. ()
[13] Ὑμεῖς () δέ, () ἀδελφοί, () μὴ () ἐκκακήσητε () καλοποιοῦντες. ()
[14] Εἰ () δέ () τις () οὐχ () ὑπακούει () τῷ () λόγῳ () ἡμῶν () διὰ () τῆς () ἐπιστολῆς, () τοῦτον () σημειοῦσθε, () καὶ () μὴ () συναναμίγνυσθε () αὐτῷ, () ἵνα () ἐντραπῇ, ()
[15] καὶ () μὴ () ὡς () ἐχθρὸν () ἡγεῖσθε, () ἀλλὰ () νουθετεῖτε () ὡς () ἀδελφόν. ()
[16] Αὐτὸς () δὲ () ὁ () κύριος () τῆς () εἰρήνης () δῴη () ὑμῖν () τὴν () εἰρήνην () διὰ () παντὸς () ἐν () παντὶ () τρόπῳ. () Ὁ () κύριος () μετὰ () πάντων () ὑμῶν. ()
[17] Ὁ () ἀσπασμὸς () τῇ () ἐμῇ () χειρὶ () Παύλου, () ὅ () ἐστιν () σημεῖον () ἐν () πάσῃ () ἐπιστολῇ· () οὕτως () γράφω. ()
[18] Ἡ () χάρις () τοῦ () κυρίου () ἡμῶν () Ἰησοῦ () χριστοῦ () μετὰ () πάντων () ὑμῶν. () Ἀμήν. ()

2 Thessalonians 3:4 ὑμῖν καὶ ¦ SBL TH καὶ ¦ NA WH [καὶ]
2 Thessalonians 3:5 τὴν ¦ ST om.
2 Thessalonians 3:6a ἡμῶν ¦ [NA] ¦ WH om.
2 Thessalonians 3:6b παρέλαβον ¦ TR παρέλαβε ¦ NA SBL TH παρελάβοσαν ¦ WH παρελάβετε
2 Thessalonians 3:8 νύκτα καὶ ἡμέραν ¦ CT νυκτὸς καὶ ἡμέρας
2 Thessalonians 3:12 διὰ τοῦ κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ χριστοῦ ¦ CT ἐν κυρίῳ Ἰησοῦ χριστῷ
2 Thessalonians 3:13 ἐκκακήσητε ¦ NA SBL TH ἐγκακήσητε ¦ WH ἐνκακήσητε
2 Thessalonians 3:14 καὶ μὴ συναναμίγνυσθε ¦ CT μὴ συναναμίγνυσθαι
2 Thessalonians 3:18 Ἀμήν ¦ CT om.

The Greek New Testament According to the Byzantine Text (Guardian Press, Inc., Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Textform, 2026). Dedicated to the public domain by Guardian Press, Inc. and J. Jeffrey Dodson.