³ And as He was sitting on ^(A)the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to Him privately, saying, “Tell us, when will these things happen, and what will be the sign of ^(B)Your coming, and of the ^[a]end of the age?”

⁴ And Jesus answered and said to them, “^(C)See to it that no one ^[b]misleads you. ⁵ For ^(D)many will come in My name, saying, ‘I am the ^[c]Christ,’ and they will ^[d]mislead many people. ⁶ And you will be hearing of ^(E)wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not alarmed, for those things must take place, but that is not yet the end. ⁷ For ^(F)nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and there will be ^(G)famines and earthquakes in various places. ^8 (H)But all these things are merely the beginning of birth pains.

⁹ “^(I)Then they will hand you over to tribulation and kill you, and ^(J)you will be hated by all nations because of My name. ¹⁰ And at that time many will ^[e](K)fall away, and they will ^[f]betray one another and hate one another. ¹¹ And many ^(L)false prophets will rise up and ^[g]mislead many people. ¹² And because lawlessness is increased, ^[h]most people’s love will become cold. ^13 (M)But the one who endures to the end is the one who will be saved.

⁷ For ^(A)the mystery of lawlessness is already at work; only ^[a](B)He who now restrains will do so until ^[b]He is ^[c]removed. ⁸ Then that lawless one ^(C)will be revealed, whom the Lord will eliminate ^(D)with the breath of His mouth and bring to an end by the ^(E)appearance of His ^[d]coming; ⁹ that is, the one whose ^[e]coming is in accord with the activity of ^(F)Satan, with all power and false ^[f](G)signs and wonders, ¹⁰ and with ^[g]all the deception of wickedness for ^(H)those who perish, because they did not accept the love of ^(I)the truth so as to be saved. ¹¹ For this reason ^(J)God ^[h]will send upon them ^[i]a ^(K)deluding influence so that they will believe ^[j]what is false, ¹² in order that they all may be ^[k]judged who ^(L)did not believe the truth, but ^[l](M)took pleasure in wickedness.

⁶ And he opened his mouth in blasphemies against God, to blaspheme His name and His tabernacle, that is, ^(A)those who dwell in heaven.

⁷ It was also given to him to ^(B)make war with the ^[a]saints and to overcome them, and authority was given to him over ^(C)every tribe, people, language, and nation. ⁸ All who ^(D)live on the earth will worship him, everyone ^(E)whose name has not been ^[b]written ^(F)since the foundation of the world in the ^(G)book of life of ^(H)the Lamb who has been slaughtered.

^8 (A)For the one who sows to his own flesh will reap ^(B)destruction from the flesh, but ^(C)the one who sows to the Spirit will reap eternal life from the Spirit.