2 Thessalonians 2:1-12
The Man of Lawlessness
Now concerning athe coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our bbeing gathered together to him, we ask you, brothers, 2 not to be quickly shaken in mind or aalarmed, either bby a spirit or a cspoken word, or ca letter seeming to be from us, to the effect that dthe day of the Lord has come. 3 aLet no one deceive you in any way. For that day will not come, bunless the rebellion comes first, and cthe man of lawlessness is revealed, dthe son of destruction, 4 who opposes and exalts himself against every so-called god or object of worship, so that he takes his seat in the temple of God, aproclaiming himself to be God. 5 Do you not remember that when I was still with you I told you these things? 6 And you know what is restraining him now so that he may be revealed in his time. 7 For athe mystery of lawlessness bis already at work. Only he who now restrains it will do so until he is out of the way. 8 And then athe lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus bwill kill with cthe breath of his mouth and bring to nothing by dthe appearance of his coming. 9 The coming of the lawless one is by the activity of Satan awith all power and false signs and wonders, 10 and with all wicked deception for athose who are perishing, because they refused to love the truth and so be saved. 11 Therefore aGod sends them a strong delusion, so that they may believe bwhat is false, 12 in order that all may be condemned awho did not believe the truth but bhad pleasure in unrighteousness.
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