¹ Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering unto him,

² Do not be easily moved from your understanding, nor be troubled, whether by spirit, or by word, or by letter, as from us, as if the day of Christ were at hand.

👉👉👉👉³ Let no one deceive you in any way; for it will not be so unless apostasy comes, and the man of sin is revealed, the son of perdition,👈☝️☝️

⁴ Who opposes, and exalts himself against everything that is called God, or worshiped; so that he will sit, like God, in the temple of God, wanting to appear like God.

⁵ Don't you remember that he told you these things when he was still with you?

⁶ And now you know what holds him back, so that he may be revealed in his own time.

⁷ For the mystery of injustice is already at work; there is only one who now retains it until it is taken from the middle;

⁸ And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord will destroy by the breath of his mouth, and will destroy by the splendor of his coming;

⁹ To him whose coming is according to the working of Satan, with all power, and signs and lying wonders,

¹⁰ And with all the deceitfulness of unrighteousness to those who perish, because they did not receive the love of the truth to save themselves.

¹¹ And for this reason God will send them the operation of error, so that they will believe the lie;

¹² That they might be judged who did not believe the truth but took pleasure in iniquity.

¹³ But we must always give thanks to God for you, brothers beloved by the Lord, because God chose you from the beginning to salvation, in sanctification of the Spirit, and faith of the truth;

¹⁴ To which he called you by our gospel, to obtain the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.

¹⁵ So, brothers, stand firm and hold fast to the traditions that you were taught, whether by word or by our epistle.

¹⁶ And our Lord Jesus Christ himself and our God and Father, who loved us, and in grace gave us eternal consolation and good hope,

¹⁷ Comfort your hearts, and establish you in every good word and work.

2 Thessalonians 2:1-17