⁹ The Man of Evil will come by the power of Satan. He will have great power, and he will do many different false miracles, signs, and wonders. ¹⁰ He will use every kind of evil to trick those who are lost. They will die, because they refused to love the truth. (If they loved the truth, they would be saved.) ¹¹ For this reason God sends them something powerful that leads them away from the truth so they will believe a lie. ¹² So all those will be judged guilty who did not believe the truth, but enjoyed doing evil.

¹³ All ten of these kings have the same purpose, and they will give their power and authority to the beast.