{"book":"2 Thessalonians","slug":"2-thessalonians","ch":2,"genre":"letter","sub":"2 Thessalonians","prev":"2-thessalonians/1","next":"2-thessalonians/3","verses":[{"v":1,"t":"Now concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered together to Him, we ask you, brothers,","f":[],"h":"The Man of Lawlessness","style":"reg"},{"v":2,"t":"not to be easily disconcerted [or] alarmed by [any] spirit [or] message [or] letter seeming [to be] from us, [alleging] that the Day of the Lord has already come.","f":[]},{"v":3,"t":"{Let} no one deceive you in [any] way, for [ it will not come ] until the rebellion occurs and the man of lawlessness — the son of destruction — is revealed.","f":[]},{"v":4,"t":"[He] will oppose and exalt himself above every so-called god or object of worship. So he will seat himself in the temple of God, proclaiming himself to be God.","f":[]},{"v":5,"t":"Do you not remember that I told you these things while I was still with you?","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":6,"t":"And you know what is now restraining [him], so that he may be revealed at the proper time.","f":[]},{"v":7,"t":"For the mystery of lawlessness {is} already at work, but the [one who] now restrains [it] [will continue] until he is taken out of [the] way.","f":[]},{"v":8,"t":"And then the lawless [one] will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will slay with the breath of His mouth and annihilate by the majesty of His arrival.","f":[]},{"v":9,"t":"The coming [of the lawless one] will be accompanied by [the] working of Satan, with every kind of power, sign, and false wonder,","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":10,"t":"and with every wicked deception directed against those who are perishing, because they refused the love of the truth that would have saved them.","f":[]},{"v":11,"t":"For this reason God will send them a powerful delusion so that they believe [the] lie,","f":[]},{"v":12,"t":"in order that judgment may come upon all who have disbelieved the truth [and] delighted in wickedness.","f":[]},{"v":13,"t":"But we should always thank God for you, brothers who are loved by [the] Lord, because God chose you from [the] beginning to be saved by [the] sanctification of [the] Spirit and [by] faith in [the] truth.","f":["Or God has chosen you as the firstfruits"],"h":"Stand Firm","style":"reg"},{"v":14,"t":"To this He called you through our gospel, so that you may share in [the] glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.","f":[]},{"v":15,"t":"Therefore, brothers, stand firm and cling to the traditions we taught you, whether by speech or by letter.","f":[]},{"v":16,"t":"Now {may} our Lord Jesus Christ Himself and God our Father, who by grace has loved us and given [us] eternal comfort and good hope,","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":17,"t":"encourage your hearts and strengthen [you] in every good word and deed.","f":[]}]}