(A)Let no one deceive you in any way. For that day will not come, (B)unless the rebellion comes first, and (C)the man of lawlessness[a] is revealed, (D)the son of destruction,[b] 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, (E)proclaiming himself to be God. Do you not remember that when I was still with you I told you these things?

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  1. 2 Thessalonians 2:3 Some manuscripts sin
  2. 2 Thessalonians 2:3 Greek the son of perdition (a Hebrew idiom)

Do not let anyone deceive you in any way, for that day will not come unless the rebellion comes first, and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction, who opposes and who exalts himself over every so-called god or object of worship, so that he sits down in the temple of God, proclaiming that he himself is God.

Do you not remember that while[a] we were still with you, we were saying these things to you?

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  1. 2 Thessalonians 2:5 Here “while” is supplied as a component of the participle (“were”) which is understood as temporal