﻿2 Thessalonians.
Chapter 2.
Now concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our gathering together to him, we ask you, brothers and sisters, 
not to be quickly shaken in mind or alarmed, whether through a spirit or a spoken word or a letter supposedly from us, claiming that the day of the Lord has already come. 
Let no one deceive you in any way, for that day will not come unless the rebellion comes first and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction, 
who opposes and exalts himself above everything called a god or an object of worship, so that he takes his seat in the temple of God, presenting himself as God. 
Do you not remember that while I was still with you I kept telling you these things? 
And now you know what restrains him, so that he may be revealed at his own time. 
For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work; only the one who now restrains will do so until he is out of the way. 
And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will kill with the breath of his mouth and bring to nothing by the appearing of his coming. 
The coming of the lawless one is according to the working of Satan, with all power and signs and wonders of falsehood, 
and with every unrighteous deception for those who are perishing, because they did not receive the love of the truth so that they might be saved. 
For this reason God sends them a powerful delusion, so that they believe the lie, 
so that all who did not believe the truth but took pleasure in unrighteousness may be judged. 
But we ought always to thank God for you, brothers and sisters loved by the Lord, because God chose you as firstfruits for salvation through sanctification by the Spirit and faith in the truth. 
To this he called you through our gospel, to obtain the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. 
So then, brothers and sisters, stand firm and hold fast to the traditions you were taught, whether through a spoken word or through a letter from us. 
May our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our Father, who loved us and gave us eternal comfort and good hope by grace, 
comfort your hearts and strengthen you in every good work and word. 
