2 Thessalonians 2:2-9
English Standard Version
2 not to be quickly shaken in mind or (A)alarmed, either (B)by a spirit or a (C)spoken word, or (D)a letter seeming to be from us, to the effect that (E)the day of the Lord has come. 3 (F)Let no one deceive you in any way. For that day will not come, (G)unless the rebellion comes first, and (H)the man of lawlessness[a] is revealed, (I)the son of destruction,[b] 4 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, (J)proclaiming himself to be God. 5 Do you not remember that when I was still with you I told you these things? 6 And you know what is restraining him now so that he may be revealed in his time. 7 For (K)the mystery of lawlessness (L)is already at work. Only he who now restrains it will do so until he is out of the way. 8 And then (M)the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus (N)will kill with (O)the breath of his mouth and bring to nothing by (P)the appearance of his coming. 9 The coming of the lawless one is by the activity of Satan (Q)with all power and false signs and wonders,
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- 2 Thessalonians 2:3 Some manuscripts sin
- 2 Thessalonians 2:3 Greek the son of perdition (a Hebrew idiom)
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