2:1 Concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered to him, we ask you, brothers,
2:2 not to become easily unsettled or alarmed by some prophecy, report or letter supposed to have come from us, saying that the day of the Lord has already come.
2:3 Don’t let anyone deceive you in any way, for that day will not come until the rebellion occurs and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the man doomed to destruction.
2:4 He will oppose and will exalt himself over everything that is called God or is worshiped, so that he sets himself up in God’s temple, proclaiming himself to be God.
2:5 Don’t you remember that when I was with you I used to tell you these things?
2:6 And now you know what is holding him back, so that he may be revealed at the proper time.
2:7 For the secret power of lawlessness is already at work; but the one who now holds it back will continue to do so till he is taken out of the way.
2:8 And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will overthrow with the breath of his mouth and destroy by the splendor of his coming.
2:9 The coming of the lawless one will be in accordance with the work of Satan displayed in all kinds of counterfeit miracles, signs and wonders,
2:10 and in every sort of evil that deceives those who are perishing. They perish because they refused to love the truth and so be saved.
2:11 For this reason God sends them a powerful delusion so that they will believe the lie
2:12 and so that all will be condemned who have not believed the truth but have delighted in wickedness.
2:13 But we ought always to thank God for you, brothers loved by the Lord, because from the beginning God chose you to be saved through the sanctifying work of the Spirit and through belief in the truth.
2:14 He called you to this through our gospel, that you might share in the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.
2:15 So then, brothers, stand firm and hold to the teachings we passed on to you, whether by word of mouth or by letter.
2:16 May our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father, who loved us and by his grace gave us eternal encouragement and good hope,
2:17 encourage your hearts and strengthen you in every good deed and word.
2:1 Now we ask you, brothers, with regard to the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our gathering together to Him,
2:2 That you be not quickly shaken in mind nor alarmed, neither by a spirit nor by word nor by a letter as if by us, to the effect that the day of the Lord has come.
2:3 Let no one deceive you in any way, because it will not come unless the apostasy comes first and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of perdition,
2:4 Who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God or an object of worship, so that he sits in the temple of God, setting himself forth, saying that he is God.
2:5 Do you not remember that while I was still with you, I said these things to you?
2:6 And now you know that which restrains, so that he might be revealed in his own time.
2:7 For it is the mystery of lawlessness that is now operating, but only until the one now restraining goes out of the way.
2:8 And then the lawless one will be revealed (whom the Lord Jesus will slay by the breath of His mouth and bring to nothing by the manifestation of His coming),
2:9 The coming of whom is according to Satan s operation in all power and signs and wonders of a lie
2:10 And in all deceit of unrighteousness among those who are perishing, because they did not receive the love of the truth that they might be saved.
2:11 And because of this God sends to them an operation of error that they might believe the lie,
2:12 So that all who have not believed the truth but have taken pleasure in unrighteousness might be judged.
2:13 But we ought to thank God always concerning you, brothers beloved of the Lord, because God chose you from the beginning unto salvation in sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth,
2:14 To which also He called you through our gospel unto the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.
2:15 So then, brothers, stand firm and hold to the things which were handed down to you and which you were taught, whether by word or by our letter.
2:16 Now our Lord Jesus Christ Himself and God our Father, who has loved us and given us eternal comfort and good hope in grace,
2:17 Comfort your hearts and establish you in every good work and word.