1. And now, brothers and sisters, pray for us. Pray that the Lord’s teaching will continue to spread quickly. And pray that people will give honor to that teaching, the same as happened with you.
2. And pray that we will be protected from crooked and evil people. Not everyone believes in the Lord, you know.
3. But the Lord is faithful. He will give you strength and protect you from the Evil One.
4. The Lord gives us confidence that you are doing what we told you and that you will continue to do it.
5. We pray that the Lord will cause you to feel God’s love and remember Christ’s patient endurance.
6. Brothers and sisters, by the authority of our Lord Jesus Christ we tell you to stay away from any believer who refuses to work. People who refuse to work are not following the teaching that we gave them.