Request for Prayer 1 DRA For the rest, brethren, pray for us, that the word of God may run, and may be glorified, even as among you; BSB BSB: Finally, brothers, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may spread quickly and be held in honor, just as it was with you.
2 DRA And that we may be delivered from importunate and evil men; for all men have not faith. BSB BSB: And pray that we may be delivered from wicked and evil men; for not everyone holds to the faith.
3 DRA But God is faithful, who will strengthen and keep you from evil. BSB BSB: But the Lord is faithful, and He will strengthen you and guard you from the evil one.
4 DRA And we have confidence concerning you in the Lord, that the things which we command, you both do, and will do. BSB BSB: And we have confidence in the Lord that you are doing and will continue to do what we command.
5 DRA And the Lord direct your hearts, in the charity of God, and the patience of Christ. BSB BSB: May the Lord direct your hearts into God’s love and Christ’s perseverance.
A Warning against Idleness 6 DRA And we charge you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you withdraw yourselves from every brother walking disorderly, and not according to the tradition which they have received of us. BSB BSB: Now we command you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to keep away from any brother who leads an undisciplined life that is not in keeping with the tradition you received from us.
7 DRA For yourselves know how you ought to imitate us: for we were not disorderly among you; BSB BSB: For you yourselves know how you ought to imitate us, because we were not undisciplined among you,
8 DRA Neither did we eat any man’s bread for nothing, but in labour and in toil we worked night and day, lest we should be chargeable to any of you. BSB BSB: nor did we eat anyone’s food without paying for it. Instead, in labor and toil, we worked night and day so that we would not be a burden to any of you.
9 DRA Not as if we had not power: but that we might give ourselves a pattern unto you, to imitate us. BSB BSB: Not that we lack this right, but we wanted to offer ourselves as an example for you to imitate.
10 DRA For also when we were with you, this we declared to you: that, if any man will not work, neither let him eat. BSB BSB: For even while we were with you, we gave you this command: “If anyone is unwilling to work, he shall not eat.”
11 DRA For we have heard there are some among you who walk disorderly, working not at all, but curiously meddling. BSB BSB: For we hear that some of you are leading undisciplined lives, accomplishing nothing, but being busybodies.
12 DRA Now we charge them that are such, and beseech them by the Lord Jesus Christ, that, working with silence, they would eat their own bread. BSB BSB: We command and urge such people by our Lord Jesus Christ to begin working quietly to earn their own living.
13 DRA But you, brethren, be not weary in well doing. BSB BSB: But as for you, brothers, do not grow weary in well-doing.
14 DRA And if any man obey not our word by this epistle, note that man, and do not keep company with him, that he may be ashamed: BSB BSB: Take note of anyone who does not obey the instructions we have given in this letter. Do not associate with him, so that he may be ashamed.
15 DRA Yet do not esteem him as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother. BSB BSB: Yet do not regard him as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother.
Signature and Final Greetings (1 Corinthians 16:19–24; Colossians 4:15–18)
16 DRA Now the Lord of peace himself give you everlasting peace in every place. The Lord be with you all. BSB BSB: Now may the Lord of peace Himself give you peace at all times and in every way. The Lord be with all of you.
17 DRA The salutation of Paul with my own hand; which is the sign in every epistle. So I write. BSB BSB: This greeting is in my own hand—Paul. This is my mark in every letter; it is the way I write.
18 DRA The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen. BSB BSB: The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with all of you.
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