^2 (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. ³ Let no one deceive you by any means; for that Day will not come ^(B)unless the falling away comes first, and ^(C)the man of ^[b]sin is revealed, ^(D)the son of perdition, ⁴ who opposes and ^(E)exalts himself ^(F)above all that is called God or that is worshiped, so that he sits ^[c]as God in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God.

⁵ Do you not remember that when I was still with you I told you these things?

¹⁵ Therefore, brethren, ^(A)stand fast and hold ^(B)the traditions which you were taught, whether by word or our ^[a]epistle.