The Judgment at Christ’s Coming

5 This is ^eevidence of the righteous judgment of God, that you may be ^fconsidered worthy of the kingdom of God, for which you are also suffering— 6 since indeed God considers it just to ^grepay with affliction those who afflict you, 7 and to grant relief to you who are afflicted as well as to us, ^hwhen the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven ⁱwith his mighty angels 8 ^jin flaming fire, inflicting vengeance on those who ^kdo not know God and on ^lthose who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus. 9 They will suffer the punishment of eternal destruction, away from¹ the presence of the Lord and ^mfrom the glory of his might, 10 when he comes on that day to be glorified in his saints, and to be marveled at among all who have believed, ⁿbecause our testimony to you was believed.

9 The coming of the lawless one is by the activity of Satan with all power and false ^fsigns and wonders, 10 and with all wicked deception for those who are perishing, because they refused to love the truth and so be saved. 11 Therefore ^gGod sends them a strong delusion, so that they may believe what is false, 12 in order that ^hall may be condemned who ⁱdid not believe the truth but ^jhad pleasure in unrighteousness.

Stand Firm

13 But we ought always to give thanks to God for you, ^kbrothers beloved by the Lord, because God chose you as the ^lfirstfruits¹ to be saved, through ^msanctification by the Spirit and belief in the truth. 14 To this he ⁿcalled you through our gospel, so that you may obtain the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. 15 So then, brothers, ^ostand firm and hold to the ^ptraditions that you were taught by us, ^qeither by our spoken word or by our letter.