1 F or the rest, brethren, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may run and be glorified, even as also with you;

My last words to you, Christian brothers, are that you pray for us. Pray that the Word of the Lord will go out over all the land and prove its power just as it did with you.

2 a nd that we may be delivered from bad and evil men, for faith not of all.

Pray that we will be kept from sinful men, because not all men are Christians.

3 B ut the Lord is faithful, who shall establish you and keep from evil.

But the Lord is faithful. He will give you strength and keep you safe from the devil.

4 B ut we trust in the Lord as to you, that the things which we enjoin, ye both do and will do.

We have faith in the Lord for you. We believe you are doing and will keep on doing the things we told you.

5 B ut the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God, and into the patience of the Christ.

May the Lord lead your hearts into the love of God. May He help you as you wait for Christ.

6 N ow we enjoin you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye withdraw from every brother walking disorderly and not according to the instruction which he received from us.

Now this is what we tell you to do, Christian brothers. In the name of the Lord Jesus, keep away from any Christian who is lazy and who does not do what we taught you.

7 F or ye know yourselves how ye ought to imitate us, because we have not walked disorderly among you;

You know you should follow the way of life we lived when we were with you. We worked hard while we were there.

8 n or have we eaten bread from any one without cost; but in toil and hardship working night and day not to be chargeable to any one of you:

We did not eat anyone’s food without paying for it. We worked hard night and day so none of you would have to give us anything.

9 n ot that we have not the right, but that we might give ourselves as an example to you, in order to your imitating us.

We could have asked you to give us food. But we did not so that you might follow our way of living.

10 F or also when we were with you we enjoined you this, that if any man does not like to work, neither let him eat.

When we were with you, we told you that if a man does not work, he should not eat.

11 F or we hear that some walking among you disorderly, not working at all, but busybodies.

We hear that some are not working. But they are spending their time trying to see what others are doing.

12 N ow such we enjoin and exhort in Lord Jesus Christ, that working quietly they eat their own bread.

Our words to such people are that they should be quiet and go to work. They should eat their own food. In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ we say this.

13 B ut ye, brethren, do not faint in well-doing.

But you, Christian brothers, do not get tired of doing good.

14 B ut if any one obey not our word by the letter, mark that man, and do not keep company with him, that he may be ashamed of himself;

If anyone does not want to listen to what we say in this letter, remember who he is and stay away from him. In that way, he will be put to shame.

15 a nd do not esteem him as an enemy, but admonish as a brother.

Do not think of him as one who hates you. But talk to him as a Christian brother.

16 B ut the Lord of peace himself give you peace continually in every way. The Lord with you all.

May the Lord of peace give you His peace at all times. The Lord be with you all.

17 T he salutation by the hand of me, Paul, which is mark in every letter; so I write.

I, Paul, write this last part with my own hand. It is the way I finish all my letters.

18 T he grace of our Lord Jesus Christ with you all.

May all of you have loving-favor from our Lord Jesus Christ.