2 Tesalonika 2:5-6

2:5 Surely you recall ¹  that I used to tell you these things while I was still with you. 2:6 And so ²  you know what holds him back, ³  so that he will be revealed in his own time.

2 Tesalonika 2:12

2:12 And so ⁴  all of them who have not believed the truth but have delighted in evil will be condemned. ⁵ 

2 Tesalonika 3:2

3:2 and that we may be delivered from perverse and evil people. For not all have faith.

2 Tesalonika 3:7

3:7 For you know yourselves how you must imitate us, because we did not behave without discipline ⁶  among you,

2 Tesalonika 3:9

3:9 It was not because we do not have that right, but to give ourselves as an example for you to imitate. ⁷ 

[2:5]  ¹ tn Grk “You do remember, don’t you?”

[2:6]  ² tn Grk “and now,” but this shows the logical result of his previous teaching.

[2:6]  ³ tn Grk “the thing that restrains.”

[2:12]  ⁴ tn Grk “that.” A new sentence was started here in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[2:12]  ⁵ tn Grk “be judged,” but in this context the term clearly refers to a judgment of condemnation (BDAG 568 s.v. κρίνω 5.b.α; cf. KJV “that they all might be damned”). CEV views the condemnation as punishment (“will be punished”).

[3:7]  ⁶ tn This is the verbal form of the words occurring in vv. 6 and 11, meaning “to act out of line, in an unruly way.”

[3:9]  ⁷ tn Grk “an example for you to imitate us.”