2 Thessalonians 2:1-12

English Standard Version

The Man of Lawlessness

2 Now concerning ^(A)the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our ^(B)being gathered together to him, we ask you, brothers,^[a] ²not to be quickly shaken in mind or ^(C)alarmed, either ^(D)by a spirit or a ^(E)spoken word, or ^(F)a letter seeming to be from us, to the effect that ^(G)the day of the Lord has come. ³^(H)Let no one deceive you in any way. For that day will not come, ^(I)unless the rebellion comes first, and ^(J)the man of lawlessness^[b] is revealed, ^(K)the son of destruction,^[c] ⁴who opposes and exalts himself against every so-called god or object of worship, so that he takes his seat in the temple of God, ^(L)proclaiming himself to be God. ⁵Do you not remember that when I was still with you I told you these things? ⁶And you know what is restraining him now so that he may be revealed in his time. ⁷For ^(M)the mystery of lawlessness ^(N)is already at work. Only he who now restrains it will do so until he is out of the way. ⁸And then ^(O)the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus ^(P)will kill with ^(Q)the breath of his mouth and bring to nothing by ^(R)the appearance of his coming. ⁹The coming of the lawless one is by the activity of Satan ^(S)with all power and false signs and wonders, ¹⁰and with all wicked deception for ^(T)those who are perishing, because they refused to love the truth and so be saved. ¹¹Therefore ^(U)God sends them a strong delusion, so that they may believe ^(V)what is false, ¹²in order that all may be condemned ^(W)who did not believe the truth but ^(X)had pleasure in unrighteousness.

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Footnotes

2 Thessalonians 2:1 Or brothers and sisters; also verses 13, 15
2 Thessalonians 2:3 Some manuscripts sin
2 Thessalonians 2:3 Greek the son of perdition (a Hebrew idiom)

2 Thessalonians 2:1-12

New American Standard Bible

Man of Lawlessness

2 Now we ask you, ^(A)brothers and sisters, regarding the ^[a]^(B)coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our ^(C)gathering together to Him, ²that you not be quickly shaken from your ^[b]composure or be disturbed either by a ^(D)spirit, or a ^[c]^(E)message, or a ^(F)letter as if from us, to the effect that ^(G)the day of the Lord ^(H)has come. ³^(I)No one is to deceive you in any way! For it will not come unless the ^[d]^(J)apostasy comes first, and the ^(K)man of lawlessness is revealed, the ^(L)son of destruction, ⁴who opposes and exalts himself above ^[e]^(M)every so-called god or object of worship, so that he takes his seat in the temple of God, ^(N)displaying himself as being God. ⁵Do you not remember that ^(O)while I was still with you, I was telling you these things? ⁶And you know ^(P)what restrains him now, so that he will be revealed in his time. ⁷For ^(Q)the mystery of lawlessness is already at work; only ^[f]^(R)He who now restrains will do so until ^[g]He is ^[h]removed. ⁸Then that lawless one ^(S)will be revealed, whom the Lord will eliminate ^(T)with the breath of His mouth and bring to an end by the ^(U)appearance of His ^[i]coming; ⁹that is, the one whose ^[j]coming is in accord with the activity of ^(V)Satan, with all power and false ^[k]^(W)signs and wonders, ¹⁰and with ^[l]all the deception of wickedness for ^(X)those who perish, because they did not accept the love of ^(Y)the truth so as to be saved. ¹¹For this reason ^(Z)God ^[m]will send upon them ^[n]a ^(AA)deluding influence so that they will believe ^[o]what is false, ¹²in order that they all may be ^[p]judged who ^(AB)did not believe the truth, but ^[q]^(AC)took pleasure in wickedness.