Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)
7 The plan to make people wrong has already begun to work. But someone is holding back that plan. He will stop the law-breaker for a time.
8 Then that evil man will be seen. The Lord Jesus will kill him with the breath from his mouth. The coming of the Lord Jesus will be so bright and wonderful that it will put the evil man to an end.
9 The coming of the evil man is the work of Satan. He will come in great power with signs that are not true, and wonderful things.
10 And by his bad tricks he will fool people who are lost. They will not love the true message which would have saved them.
11 That is why God lets them be fooled so that they will believe what is not true.
12 They will all be judged. I mean the people who have not believed in the true message but who wanted to do what is wrong.
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