2 Thessalonians 2

The Great Apostasy

Now, brethren, ^aconcerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ ^band our gathering together to Him, we ask you, 2 ^anot to be soon shaken in mind or troubled, either by spirit or by word or by letter, as if from us, as though the day of ¹Christ had come. 3 Let no one deceive you by any means; for that Day will not come ^aunless the falling away comes first, and ^bthe man of ¹sin is revealed, ^cthe son of perdition, 4 who opposes and ^aexalts himself ^babove all that is called God or that is worshiped, so that he sits ¹as God in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God.
5 Do you not remember that when I was still with you I told you these things? 6 And now you know what is restraining, that he may be revealed in his own time. 7 For ^athe ¹mystery of lawlessness is already at work; only ²He who now restrains will do so until He is taken out of the way. 8 And then the lawless one will be revealed, ^awhom the Lord will consume ^bwith the breath of His mouth and destroy ^cwith the brightness of His coming. 9 The coming of the lawless one is ^aaccording to the working of Satan, with all power, ^bsigns, and lying wonders, 10 and with all unrighteous deception among ^athose who perish, because they did not receive ^bthe love of the truth, that they might be saved. 11 And ^afor this reason God will send them strong delusion, ^bthat they should believe the lie, 12 that they all may be condemned who did not believe the truth but ^ahad pleasure in unrighteousness.

Stand Fast

13 But we are ¹bound to give thanks to God always for you, brethren beloved by the Lord, because God ^afrom the beginning ^bchose you for salvation ^cthrough ²sanctification by the Spirit and belief in the truth, 14 to which He called you by our gospel, for ^athe obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. 15 Therefore, brethren, ^astand fast and hold ^bthe traditions which you were taught, whether by word or our ¹epistle.
16 Now may our Lord Jesus Christ Himself, and our God and Father, ^awho has loved us and given us everlasting consolation and ^bgood hope by grace, 17 comfort your hearts ^aand ¹establish you in every good word and work.

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