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 2Th 2:1 |
Concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered to him, we ask you, brothers, |
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2Th 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. |
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2Th 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 [fn] is revealed, the man doomed to destruction. |
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2Th 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. |
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2Th 2:5 |
Don't you remember that when I was with you I used to tell you these things? |
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2Th 2:6 |
And now you know what is holding him back, so that he may be revealed at the proper time. |
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2Th 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. |
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2Th 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. |
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2Th 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, |
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2Th 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. |
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2Th 2:11 |
For this reason God sends them a powerful delusion so that they will believe the lie |
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2Th 2:12 |
and so that all will be condemned who have not believed the truth but have delighted in wickedness. |
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2Th 2:13 |
But we ought always to thank God for you, brothers loved by the Lord, because from the beginning God chose you [fn] to be saved through the sanctifying work of the Spirit and through belief in the truth. |
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2Th 2:14 |
He called you to this through our gospel, that you might share in the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. |
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2Th 2:15 |
So then, brothers, stand firm and hold to the teachings [fn] we passed on to you, whether by word of mouth or by letter. |
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2Th 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, |
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2Th 2:17 |
encourage your hearts and strengthen you in every good deed and word. |
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