2 Thessalonians 2:3-5, 7-14

Don’t let anyone deceive you in any way. For that day will not come unless the apostasy  comes first and the man of lawlessness  is revealed, the man doomed to destruction. He opposes and exalts himself above every so-called god  or object of worship,  so that he sits  in God’s temple, proclaiming that he himself is God. Don’t you remember that when I was still with you I used to tell you about this?

For the mystery of lawlessness  is already at work, but the one now restraining will do so until he is out of the way, and then the lawless one will be revealed. The Lord Jesus will destroy him with the breath of his mouth  and will bring him to nothing at the appearance of his coming. The coming of the lawless one is based on Satan’s working, with every kind of miracle, both signs and wonders serving the lie,  and with every wicked deception among those who are perishing. They perish because they did not accept the love of the truth and so be saved.  For this reason God sends them a strong delusion so that they will believe the lie, so that all will be condemned   — those who did not believe  the truth but delighted in unrighteousness. But we ought to thank God always for you, brothers and sisters loved by the Lord, because from the beginning  God has chosen  you for salvation through sanctification  by the Spirit and through belief in the truth. He called you to this through our gospel, so that you might obtain the glory  of our Lord Jesus Christ.