,this e,book was produced by ,david     
,widger  from etext #aeha prepared by   
,dennis ,mc,carthy1 ,atlanta1 ,georgia  
and ,tad ,book1 student1 ,pontifical    
,north ,american ,college1 ,rome4       
,,the ,,holy ,,bible                    
,translated from the ,latin ,vulgate    
,diligently ,compared with the ,hebrew1 
,greek1  and ,other ,editions in ,divers
 ,languages      ,,the ,,old ,,testament
  ,first ,published by the ,english     
,college at ,douay  ,a4,d4 #afji  #afaj 
and    ,,the ,,new ,,testament  ,first  
,published by the ,english ,college at  
,rheims  ,a4,d4 #aehb      ,with        
,annotations      ,the ,whole ,revised  
and ,diligently ,compared with  the     
,latin ,vulgate by ,bishop ,richard     
,challoner  ,a4,d4 #agdi-ageb           
,,the ,,second ,,epistle ,,of ,,st4     
,,paul ,,to ,,the ,,thessalonians    ,in
 this ,epistle ,st4 ,paul admonishes the
 ,thessalonians to be constant in  the  
faith of ,christ and not to be terrified
 by the insinuations of false  teachers 

telling them that the day of judgment   
was near at hand1 as  there must come   
many signs and wonders before it4 ,he   
bids them to hold  firm the traditions  
received from him1 whether by word1 or  
by epistle1  and shews them how they may
 be certain of his letters by the manner
 he  writes4      #b ,thessalonians     
,chapter #a    ,he gives thanks to ,god 
for their faith and constancy and prays 
for their  advancement in all good4     
#a3a4 ,paul and ,sylvanus and ,timothy1 
to the church of the ,thessalonians4    
,in ,god our ,father and the ,lord      
,jesus ,christ1    #a3b4 ,grace unto    
you3 and peace from ,god our ,father and
 from the ,lord  ,jesus ,christ4        
#a3c4 ,we are bound to give thanks      
always to ,god for you1 brethren1 as it 
is fitting1 because your faith groweth  
exceedingly and the charity of  every   
one of you towards each other aboundeth4
    #a3d4 ,so that we ourselves also    
glory in you in the churches of ,god1   
for  your patience and faith1 and in all

 your persecutions and tribulations3    
which you endure    #a3e4 ,for an       
example of the just judgment of ,god1   
that you may be counted  worthy of the  
kingdom of ,god1 for which also you     
suffer4    #a3f4 ,seeing it is a just   
thing with ,god to repay tribulation to 
them  that trouble you3    #a3g4 ,and to
 you who are troubled1 rest with us1    
when the ,lord ,jesus  shall be revealed
 from heaven with the angels of his     
power3    #a3h4 ,in a flame of fire1    
giving vengeance to them who know not   
,god and  who obey not the gospel of our
 ,lord ,jesus ,christ4    #a3i4 ,who    
shall suffer eternal punishment in      
destruction1 from the face  of the ,lord
 and from the glory of his power3       
#a3aj4 ,when he shall come to be        
glorified in his saints and to be made  
wonderful in all them who have believed2
 because our testimony was  believed    
upon you in that day4    #a3aa4         
,wherefore also we pray always for you3 
,that our ,god would make you  worthy of

 his vocation and fulfil all the good   
pleasure of his goodness  and the work  
of faith in power3    #a3ab4 ,that the  
name of our ,lord ,jesus may be         
glorified in you1 and you  in him1      
according to the grace of our ,god and  
of the ,lord ,jesus ,christ4    #b      
,thessalonians ,chapter #b    ,the day  
of the ,lord is not to come till the man
 of sin be revealed4 ,the  apostle's    
traditions are to be observed4    #b3a4 
,and we beseech you1 brethren1 by the   
coming of our ,lord ,jesus  ,christ and 
of our gathering together unto him3     
#b3b4 ,that you be not easily moved from
 your sense nor be terrified1  neither  
by spirit nor by word nor by epistle as 
sent from us1 as if the  day of the     
,lord were at hand4    #b3c4 ,let no man
 deceive you by any means3 for unless   
there come a revolt  first1 and the man 
of sin be revealed1 the son of perdition
    ,a revolt444 ,this revolt1 or       
falling off1 is generally understood1 by
 the  ancient fathers1 of a revolt from 

the ,roman empire1 which was first to   
be destroyed1 before the coming of      
,antichrist4 ,it may1 perhaps1 be       
understood also of a revolt of many     
nations from the ,catholic ,church2     
which has1 in part1 happened already1 by
 means of ,mahomet1 ,luther1 c41  and it
 may be supposed1 will be more general  
in the days of the  ,antichrist4 ,the   
man of sin444  ,here must be meant some 
particular man1  as is evident from the 
frequent repetition of the ,greek       
article  1 the  man of sin1 the son of  
perdition1 the adversary or opposer4 ,it
 agrees to  the wicked and great        
,antichrist1 who will come before the   
end of the  world4    #b3d4 ,who        
opposeth and is lifted up above all that
 is called ,god or that  is worshipped1 
so that he sitteth in the temple of     
,god1 shewing himself  as if he were    
,god4    ,in the temple444 ,either that 
of ,jerusalem which some think he will  
rebuild2 or in some ,christian church1  
which he will pervert to his own        

worship3 as ,mahomet has done by the    
churches of the east4    #b3e4 ,remember
 you not that1 when ,i was yet with you1
 ,i told you these  things8    #b3f4    
,and now you know what withholdeth1 that
 he may be revealed in his  time4       
#b3g4 ,for the mystery of iniquity      
already worketh3 only that he who now   
holdeth do hold1 until he be taken out  
of the way4    #b3h4 ,and then that     
wicked one shall be revealed3 whom the  
,lord ,jesus  shall kill with the spirit
 of his mouth and shall destroy with the
  brightness of his coming3 him    #b3i4
 ,whose coming is according to the      
working of ,satan1 in all power and     
signs and lying wonders3    #b3aj4 ,and 
in all seduction of iniquity to them    
that perish3 because they  receive not  
the love of the truth1 that they might  
be saved4 ,therefore  ,god shall send   
them the operation of error1 to believe 
lying3    ,god shall send444  ,that is  
,god shall suffer them to be deceived by
 lying  wonders1 and false miracles1 in 

punishment of their not entertaining the
  love of truth4    #b3aa4 ,that all may
 be judged who have not believed the    
truth but have  consented to iniquity4  
#b3ab4 ,but we ought to give thanks to  
,god always for you1 brethren1  beloved 
of ,god1 for that ,god hath chosen you  
firstfruits unto salvation1  in         
sanctification of the spirit and faith  
of the truth3    #b3ac4 ,whereunto also 
he hath called you by our gospel1 unto  
the  purchasing of the glory of our     
,lord ,jesus ,christ4    #b3ad4         
,therefore1 brethren1 stand fast3 and   
hold the traditions1 which  you have    
learned1 whether by word or by our      
epistle4    ,traditions444 ,see here    
that the unwritten traditions are no    
less to be  received than their         
epistles4    #b3ae4 ,now our ,lord      
,jesus ,christ himself1 and ,god and our
 ,father1 who  hath loved us and hath   
given us everlasting consolation and    
good hope in  grace1    #b3af4 ,exhort  
your hearts and confirm you in every    

good work and word4    #b ,thessalonians
 ,chapter #c    ,he begs their prayers  
and warns them against idleness4        
#c3a4 ,for the rest1 brethren1 pray for 
us that the word of ,god may run  and   
may be glorified1 even as among you3    
,may run444 ,that is1 may spread itself1
 and have free course4    #c3b4 ,and    
that we may be delivered from           
importunate and evil men3 for all  men  
have not faith4    #c3c4 ,but ,god is   
faithful1 who will strengthen and keep  
you from evil4    #c3d4 ,and we have    
confidence concerning you in the ,lord  
that the things  which we command1 you  
both do and will do4    #c3e4 ,and the  
,lord direct your hearts1 in the charity
 of ,god and the  patience of ,christ4  
#c3f4 ,and we charge you1 brethren1 in  
the name of our ,lord ,jesus ,christ1   
that you withdraw yourselves from every 
brother walking disorderly and  not     
according to the tradition which they   
have received of us4    #c3g4 ,for      
yourselves know how you ought to imitate

 us4 ,for we were not  disorderly among 
you4    #c3h4 ,neither did we eat any   
man's bread for nothing3 but in labour  
and  in toil we worked night and day1   
lest we should be chargeable to any of  
you4    #c3i4 ,not as if we had not     
power3 but that we might give ourselves 
a  pattern unto you1 to imitate us4     
#c3aj4 ,for also1 when we were with you1
 this we declared to you3 that1 if  any 
man will not work1 neither let him eat4 
#c3aa4 ,for we have heard there are some
 among you who walk disorderly3  working
 not at all1 but curiously meddling4    
#c3ab4 ,now we charge them that are such
 and beseech them by the ,lord  ,jesus  
,christ that1 working with silence1 they
 would eat their own bread4    #c3ac4   
,but you1 brethren1 be not weary in well
 doing4    #c3ad4 ,and if any man obey  
not our word by this epistle1 note that 
man  and do not keep company with him1  
that he may be ashamed4    #c3ae4 ,yet  
do not esteem him as an enemy but       
admonish him as a brother4    #c3af4    

,now the ,lord of peace himself give you
 everlasting peace in every  place4 ,the
 ,lord be with you all4    #c3ag4 ,the  
salutation of ,paul with my own hand3   
which is the sign in  every epistle4 ,so
 ,i write4    #c3ah4 ,the grace of our  
,lord ,jesus ,christ be with you all4   
,amen4