That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand.

Read full chapter

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(A)—asserting that the day of the Lord(B) has already come.(C)

Read full chapter

(A)not to be soon shaken in mind or troubled, either by spirit or by word or by letter, as if from us, as though the day of [a]Christ had come.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. 2 Thessalonians 2:2 NU the Lord

Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.

Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God:

Read full chapter

On Denying the Incarnation

Dear friends,(A) do not believe every spirit,(B) but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.(C) This is how you can recognize the Spirit of God: Every spirit that acknowledges that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh(D) is from God,(E)

Read full chapter

Love for God and One Another

Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but (A)test the spirits, whether they are of God; because (B)many false prophets have gone out into the world. By this you know the Spirit of God: (C)Every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is of God,

Read full chapter

And when ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars, be ye not troubled: for such things must needs be; but the end shall not be yet.

Read full chapter

When you hear of wars and rumors of wars, do not be alarmed. Such things must happen, but the end is still to come.

Read full chapter

But when you hear of wars and rumors of wars, do not be troubled; for such things must happen, but the end is not yet.

Read full chapter

And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you.

For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.

And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.

Read full chapter

Jesus answered: “Watch out that no one deceives you.(A) For many will come in my name, claiming, ‘I am the Messiah,’ and will deceive many.(B) You will hear of wars and rumors of wars, but see to it that you are not alarmed. Such things must happen, but the end is still to come.

Read full chapter

And Jesus answered and said to them: (A)“Take heed that no one deceives you. For (B)many will come in My name, saying, ‘I am the Christ,’ (C)and will deceive many. And you will hear of (D)wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not troubled; for [a]all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Matthew 24:6 NU omits all

And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.

For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water:

Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished:

But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.

But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.

Read full chapter

They will say, “Where is this ‘coming’ he promised?(A) Ever since our ancestors died, everything goes on as it has since the beginning of creation.”(B) But they deliberately forget that long ago by God’s word(C) the heavens came into being and the earth was formed out of water and by water.(D) By these waters also the world of that time(E) was deluged and destroyed.(F) By the same word the present heavens and earth are reserved for fire,(G) being kept for the day of judgment(H) and destruction of the ungodly.

But do not forget this one thing, dear friends: With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day.(I)

Read full chapter

and saying, “Where is the promise of His coming? For since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of (A)creation.” For this they willfully forget: that (B)by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth (C)standing out of water and in the water, (D)by which the world that then existed perished, being flooded with water. But (E)the heavens and the earth which are now preserved by the same word, are reserved for (F)fire until the day of judgment and [a]perdition of ungodly men.

But, beloved, do not forget this one thing, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and (G)a thousand years as one day.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. 2 Peter 3:7 destruction

But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction.

And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of.

And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not.

Read full chapter

False Teachers and Their Destruction

But there were also false prophets(A) among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you.(B) They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the sovereign Lord(C) who bought them(D)—bringing swift destruction on themselves. Many will follow their depraved conduct(E) and will bring the way of truth into disrepute. In their greed(F) these teachers will exploit you(G) with fabricated stories. Their condemnation has long been hanging over them, and their destruction has not been sleeping.

Read full chapter

Destructive Doctrines

But there were also false prophets among the people, even as there will be (A)false teachers among you, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Lord who bought them, and bring on themselves swift destruction. And many will follow their destructive ways, because of whom the way of truth will be blasphemed. By covetousness they will exploit you with deceptive words; for a long time their judgment has not been idle, and their destruction [a]does not slumber.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. 2 Peter 2:3 M will not

17 The salutation of Paul with mine own hand, which is the token in every epistle: so I write.

Read full chapter

17 I, Paul, write this greeting in my own hand,(A) which is the distinguishing mark in all my letters. This is how I write.

Read full chapter

17 (A)The salutation of Paul with my own hand, which is a sign in every [a]epistle; so I write.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. 2 Thessalonians 3:17 letter

15 For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep.

Read full chapter

15 According to the Lord’s word, we tell you that we who are still alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord,(A) will certainly not precede those who have fallen asleep.(B)

Read full chapter

15 For this we say to you (A)by the word of the Lord, that (B)we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord will by no means precede those who are [a]asleep.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. 1 Thessalonians 4:15 Dead

Who shall also confirm you unto the end, that ye may be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Read full chapter

He will also keep you firm to the end, so that you will be blameless(A) on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.(B)

Read full chapter

(A)who will also confirm you to the end, (B)that you may be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Read full chapter