2 Thessalonians 2

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The Man of Lawlessness

¹Now concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered together to Him, we ask you, brothers,

¹Now we ask you, brothers, on behalf of the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and of our gathering together unto Him,

²not to be easily disconcerted or alarmed by any spirit or message or letter seeming to be from us, alleging that the Day of the Lord has already come.

²for you not quickly to be shaken in mind, nor to be alarmed, neither through spirit nor through word, nor through letter as through us, as that the day of the Lord is present.

³Let no one deceive you in any way, for it will not come until the rebellion occurs and the man of lawlessness—the son of destruction—is revealed.

³Let no one deceive you in any way, because it is not unless the apostasy shall have come first, and the man of lawlessness shall have been revealed—the son of destruction,

⁴He will oppose and exalt himself above every so-called god or object of worship. So he will seat himself in the temple of God, proclaiming himself to be God.

⁴the one opposing and exalting himself above every so-called god or object of worship—so as for him to sit down in the temple of God, setting forth that he himself is God.

⁵Do you not remember that I told you these things while I was still with you?

⁵Do you not remember that, being still with you, I was saying these things to you?

⁶And you know what is now restraining him, so that he may be revealed at the proper time.

⁶And now you know what is restraining for him to be revealed in his own time.

⁷For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work, but the one who now restrains it will continue until he is taken out of the way.

⁷For the mystery of lawlessness is working already, only the one at present is restraining it until he might be out of the midst.

⁸And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will slay with the breath of His mouth and annihilate by the majesty of His arrival.

⁸And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will slay with the breath of His mouth and will annul by the appearing of His coming,

⁹The coming of the lawless one will be accompanied by the working of Satan, with every kind of power, sign, and false wonder,

⁹whose coming is according to the working of Satan, in every power and in signs and in wonders of falsehood,

¹⁰and with every wicked deception directed against those who are perishing, because they refused the love of the truth that would have saved them.

¹⁰and in every deception of wickedness to those perishing, because they did not receive the love of the truth in order for them to be saved.

¹¹For this reason God will send them a powerful delusion so that they believe the lie,

¹¹And because of this, God sends to them a working of delusion for them to believe the lie,

¹²in order that judgment may come upon all who have disbelieved the truth and delighted in wickedness.

¹²so that all those not having believed the truth but having been well pleased in unrighteousness should be judged.

Stand Firm

¹³But we should always thank God for you, brothers who are loved by the Lord, because God chose you from the beginning^a to be saved by the sanctification of the Spirit and by faith in the truth.

¹³But we ought to give thanks to God always concerning you, brothers beloved by the Lord, because God chose you from the beginning unto salvation in the sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth,

¹⁴To this He called you through our gospel, so that you may share in the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.

¹⁴to which also He called you through our gospel to the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.

¹⁵Therefore, brothers, stand firm and cling to the traditions we taught you, whether by speech or by letter.

¹⁵So then, brothers, stand firm and hold fast to the traditions that you were taught, whether by word or by letter from us.

¹⁶Now may our Lord Jesus Christ Himself and God our Father, who by grace has loved us and given us eternal comfort and good hope,

¹⁶Now our Lord Jesus Christ Himself and God our Father, the One having loved us and having given us eternal comfort and good hope in grace,

¹⁷encourage your hearts and strengthen you in every good word and deed.

¹⁷may He comfort your hearts, and may He strengthen you in every good work and word.