gathering together to meet Him, we ask you, # Lit brethren. 2 Not to allow your minds to be quickly unsettled or disturbed or kept excited or alarmed, whether it be by some [pretended] revelation of [the] Spirit or by word or by letter [alleged to be] from us, to the effect that the day of the Lord has [already] arrived and is here. if one is able, but unwilling to work to provide for himself or his family, it is unjust for him to receive the necessities of life provided free by those who willingly work. 2 Thessalonians 1. 2 Thessalonians 3 3 1 FURTHERMORE, BRETHREN, do pray for us, that the Word of the Lord may speed on (spread rapidly and run its course) and be glorified (extolled) and triumph, even as … 2 Thessalonians 1:3 Lit brethren, includes all born-again believers. 2 Thessalonians 2 Amplified Bible (AMP) Man of Lawlessness. 3 But the Lord is faithful, who shall stablish you, and keep you from evil. 2 Thessalonians 3:13 Lit brethren. 2 Thessalonians 2 King James Version (KJV). the rapture of believers. 3 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. 2 Thessalonians 3 King James Version (KJV). brothers and sisters, 2 not to be quickly unsettled or alarmed either by a [so-called prophetic revelation of a] spirit or a message or a letter [alleged to be] from us, to the effect that the day of the Lord has [already] come. 1. Exhortation. 2 Thessalonians 3. 1 Finally, brothers and sisters, pray continually for us that the word of the Lord will spread rapidly and be honored [triumphantly celebrated and glorified], just as it was with you; 2 and [pray] that we will be rescued from perverse and evil men; for not everyone has the faith. Jul 13, 2015 - <3 <3 2 Thessalonians 2:7 Amplified Bible (AMP) 7 For the mystery of lawlessness (that hidden principle of rebellion against constituted authority) is already at work in the world, [but it is] restrained only until he who restrains is taken out of the way. 2 Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him, 2 That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand. 3 But the Lord is faithful, who shall stablish you, and keep you from evil. 2 Thessalonians 1:3 The key to understanding this and other statements about love is to know that this love (the Greek word agape ) is not so much a matter of emotion as it is of doing things for the benefit of another person, that is, having an unselfish concern for another and a willingness to seek the best for another.