2 Thessalonians 2:1-3

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The Man of Lawlessness

2 Now concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our assembling to meet him, we beg you, brethren, ²not to be quickly shaken in mind or excited, either by spirit or by word, or by letter purporting to be from us, to the effect that the day of the Lord has come.^[a] ³Let no one deceive you in any way; for that day will not come, unless the rebellion comes first, and the man of lawlessness^[b]^[c] is revealed, the son of perdition,

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Footnotes

2.2 Paul warns against over-eagerness to expect the second Coming, and specifies various signs to be looked for first.
2 Thessalonians 2:3 Other ancient authorities read sin
2.3 the man of lawlessness: i.e., Antichrist.

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