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 <div class="label">2</div><div class="s1">The Man of Lawlessness</div><div class="m"> 1Now concerning the coming&#160; # 2:1 1Th 1:10; 1Jn 2:28 of our Lord&#160; # 2:1 Rv 11:8 Jesus Christ and our being gathered to him: We ask you, brothers and sisters, 2not to be easily upset or troubled, either by a prophecy&#160; # 2:2 Or spiritual utterance,# 2:2 1Jn 4:1 or by a message or by a letter supposedly from us, alleging that the day of the Lord&#160; # 2:2 Other mss read Christ,# 2:2 Mt 25:13; Ac 2:20; Php 1:6 has come.&#160; # 2:2 2Tm 2:18; 1Jn 2:28 3Don&#8217;t let anyone deceive you in any way. For that day will not come unless the apostasy&#160; # 2:3 Or rebellion comes first and the man of lawlessness&#160; # 2:3 Other mss read man of sin is revealed, the man doomed to destruction. 4He opposes and exalts himself above every so-called god&#160; # 2:4 1Co 8:5 or object of worship,&#160; # 2:4 Is 14:12&#8211;15; Ezk 28:2; Ac 17:23 so that he sits&#160; # 2:4 Other mss add as God in God&#8217;s temple, proclaiming that he himself is God.</div><div class="p"> 5Don&#8217;t you remember that when I was still with you I used to tell you about this? 6And you know what currently restrains him, so that he will be revealed in his time.&#160; # 2:6 Lk 21:8 7For the mystery of lawlessness&#160; # 2:7 Mt 13:41 is already at work, but the one now restraining will do so until he is out of the way, 8and then the lawless one will be revealed. The Lord Jesus will destroy him with the breath of his mouth&#160; # 2:8 Is 11:4; 30:28 and will bring him to nothing at the appearance of his coming. 9The coming of the lawless one is based on Satan&#8217;s working, with every kind of miracle, both signs and wonders serving the lie,&#160; # 2:9 Mt 24:24; Mk 13:22; Rv 13:13 10and 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.&#160; # 2:10 Ac 16:30; Eph 2:8 11For this reason God sends them a strong delusion so that they will believe the lie, 12so that all will be condemned&#160; # 2:12 Jn 5:22&#8211;30 &#160;&#8212;&#160;those who did not believe&#160; # 2:12 Jn 6:64 the truth but delighted in unrighteousness.</div><div class="s1">Stand Firm</div><div class="m"> 13But we ought to thank God always for you, brothers and sisters loved by the Lord, because from the beginning&#160; # 2:13 Other mss read because as a firstfruit God has chosen&#160; # 2:13 Rm 9:11; 11:5; Eph 1:4; 1Th 1:4 you for salvation through sanctification&#160; # 2:13 Rm 6:19; 1Co 1:30; 1Th 4:3; 1Tm 2:15; Heb 12:14; 1Pt 1:2 by the Spirit and through belief in the truth. 14He called you to this through our gospel, so that you might obtain the glory&#160; # 2:14 Lk 9:32; Jn 17:24; 2Co 3:18; 1Pt 5:1,4; 2Pt 3:18 of our Lord Jesus Christ. 15So then, brothers and sisters, stand firm&#160; # 2:15 Rm 14:4; 1Co 16:13; Php 1:27 and hold to the traditions you were taught,&#160; # 2:15 Mk 7:3; 1Tm 4:11; Jd 3 whether by what we said or what we wrote.</div><div class="p"> 16May our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father, who has loved&#160; # 2:16 Jn 3:16; Rv 12:11 us and given us eternal encouragement and good hope by grace, 17encourage your hearts and strengthen you in every good work and word.</div>
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Now concerning the coming  of our Lord  Jesus Christ and our being gathered to him: We ask you, brothers and sisters, not to be easily upset or troubled, either by a prophecy  , or by a message or by a letter supposedly from us, alleging that the day of the Lord  , has come.  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? And you know what currently restrains him, so that he will be revealed in his time.  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. So then, brothers and sisters, stand firm  and hold to the traditions you were taught,  whether by what we said or what we wrote.
May our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father, who has loved  us and given us eternal encouragement and good hope by grace, encourage your hearts and strengthen you in every good work and word.

Klausīties 2 Thessalonians 2