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The Man of Lawlessness
Concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered to him, we ask you, brothers and sisters,
Concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered to him, we ask you, brothers and sisters,
not to be quickly shaken in mind or alarmed, either by a spirit or a spoken word, or a letter seeming to be from us, to the effect that the day of the Lord has come.
not to become easily unsettled or alarmed by the teaching allegedly from us — whether by a prophecy or by word of mouth or by letter — asserting that the day of the Lord has already come.
who opposes and exalts himself against every so-called god or object of worship, so that he takes his seat in the temple of God, proclaiming himself to be God.
He will oppose and will exalt himself over everything that is called God or is worshiped, so that he sets himself up in God’s temple, proclaiming himself to be God.
Do you not remember that when I was still with you I told you these things?
Don’t you remember that when I was with you I used to tell you these things?
And you know what is restraining him now so that he may be revealed in his time.
And now you know what is holding him back, so that he may be revealed at the proper time.
For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work. Only he who now restrains it will do so until he is out of the way.
For the secret power of lawlessness is already at work; but the one who now holds it back will continue to do so till he is taken out of the way.
And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will kill with the breath of his mouth and bring to nothing by the appearance of his coming.
And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will overthrow with the breath of his mouth and destroy by the splendor of his coming.
The coming of the lawless one is by the activity of Satan with all power and false signs and wonders,
The coming of the lawless one will be in accordance with how Satan works. He will use all sorts of displays of power through signs and wonders that serve the lie,
and with all wicked deception for those who are perishing, because they refused to love the truth and so be saved.
and all the ways that wickedness deceives those who are perishing. They perish because they refused to love the truth and so be saved.
Therefore God sends them a strong delusion, so that they may believe what is false,
For this reason God sends them a powerful delusion so that they will believe the lie
in order that all may be condemned who did not believe the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
and so that all will be condemned who have not believed the truth but have delighted in wickedness.
To this he called you through our gospel, so that you may obtain the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.
He called you to this through our gospel, that you might share in the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.
So then, brothers, stand firm and hold to the traditions that you were taught by us, either by our spoken word or by our letter.
Now may our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our Father, who loved us and gave us eternal comfort and good hope through grace,
May our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father, who loved us and by his grace gave us eternal encouragement and good hope,