2 Thessalonians

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2 Thessalonians has 3 chapters. Read 2 Thessalonians in the New Living Translation, chapter by chapter, free and without an account.

2 Thessalonians encourages endurance under persecution and challenges claims that the day of the Lord has already arrived. It warns about deception and lawlessness while urging believers to hold to the teaching they received. The closing chapter asks for prayer and corrects those who refuse to work, calling the community to steady conduct and continued good.

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2 Thessalonians is one of Paul's letters of the New Testament, the same 27 books in every Christian Bible. See it on the shelf.

Weary believers comforting and sheltering one another as light breaks through receding storm clouds
2 Thessalonians 1

2 Thessalonians 1 praises endurance under persecution and looks toward God’s justice, relief, and fulfilled calling.

Elders calmly teaching an anxious gathering as a misleading herald is turned away at the city gate
2 Thessalonians 2

2 Thessalonians 2 counters alarm about the day of the Lord and urges steadfastness against deception.

Paul sewing heavy cloth at a workbench while neighbors labor, distribute bread, and welcome a man back
2 Thessalonians 3

2 Thessalonians 3 combines prayer, faithful work, perseverance in good, corrective discipline, and peace.

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