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King James Bible 1611
| 3:1 | Finally, brethren, pray for vs, that the word of the Lord may haue free course, and be glorified, euen as it is with you: |
| 3:2 | And that we may bee deliuered from vnreasonable and wicked men: for all men haue not faith. |
| 3:3 | But the Lord is faithfull, who shall stablish you, and keepe you from euill. |
| 3:4 | And wee haue confidence in the Lord touching you, that yee both doe, and will doe the things which we command you. |
| 3:5 | And the Lord direct your hearts into the loue of God, and into the patient waiting for Christ. |
| 3:6 | Now we command you, brethren, in the Name of our Lord Iesus Christ, that ye withdraw your selues from euery brother that walketh disorderly, and not after the tradition which hee receiued of vs. |
| 3:7 | For your selues know how yee ought to follow vs: for wee behaued not our selues disorderly among you, |
| 3:8 | Neither did wee eate any mans bread for nought: but wrought with labour and trauaile night and day, that wee might not bee chargeable to any of you. |
| 3:9 | Not because we haue not power, but to make our selues an ensample vnto you to follow vs. |
| 3:10 | For euen when wee were with you, this wee commanded you, that if any would not worke, neither should he eate. |
| 3:11 | For we heare that there are some which walke among you disorderly, working not at all, but are busi-bodies. |
| 3:12 | Now them that are such, we command, and exhort by our Lord Iesus Christ, that with quietnesse they worke, and eat their owne bread. |
| 3:13 | But ye, brethren, be not wearie in well doing. |
| 3:14 | And if any man obey not our word, by this Epistle note that man, and haue no company with him, that he may be ashamed, |
| 3:15 | Yet count him not as an enemie, but admonish him as a brother. |
| 3:16 | Now the Lord of peace himselfe, giue you peace alwayes, by all meanes. The Lord be with you all. |
| 3:17 | The salutation of Paul, with mine owne hand, which is the token in euery Epistle: so I write. |
| 3:18 | The grace of our Lord Iesus Christ be with you all, Amen.The second Epistle to the Thessalonians was written from Athens. |
King James Bible 1611
The commissioning of the King James Bible took place at a conference at the Hampton Court Palace in London England in 1604. When King James came to the throne he wanted unity and stability in the church and state, but was well aware that the diversity of his constituents had to be considered. There were the Papists who longed for the English church to return to the Roman Catholic fold and the Latin Vulgate. There were Puritans, loyal to the crown but wanting even more distance from Rome. The Puritans used the Geneva Bible which contained footnotes that the king regarded as seditious. The Traditionalists made up of Bishops of the Anglican Church wanted to retain the Bishops Bible.
The king commissioned a new English translation to be made by over fifty scholars representing the Puritans and Traditionalists. They took into consideration: the Tyndale New Testament, the Matthews Bible, the Great Bible and the Geneva Bible. The great revision of the Bible had begun. From 1605 to 1606 the scholars engaged in private research. From 1607 to 1609 the work was assembled. In 1610 the work went to press, and in 1611 the first of the huge (16 inch tall) pulpit folios known today as "The 1611 King James Bible" came off the printing press.