2 Thessalonians 2

1 Now we beseech you, brethren, by the comming of our Lord Iesus Christ, and by our assembling vnto him,

As to the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and our being gathered to meet him, we beg you, friends,

2 That ye be not suddenly mooued from your minde, nor troubled neither by spirit, nor by worde, nor by letter, as it were from vs, as though the day of Christ were at hand.

not lightly to let your minds become unsettled or disturbed by any revelation, or by any message or letter purporting to come from us, to the effect that the day of the Lord is come.

3 Let no man deceiue you by any meanes: for that day shall not come, except there come a departing first, and that that man of sinne be disclosed, euen the sonne of perdition,

Don’t let anyone deceive you in any way. For it will not come before the final rebellion against God, when lawlessness is revealed in human form, headed for destruction.

4 Which is an aduersarie, and exalteth him selfe against all that is called God, or that is worshipped: so that he doeth sit as God in the Temple of God, shewing him selfe that he is God.

He is the adversary of everything that is spoken of as a god or as an object of worship, enthroning himself in God”s Temple claiming to be God!

5 Remember ye not, that when I was yet with you, I tolde you these things?

Don’t you remember how, when I was with you, I used to speak to you of all this?

6 And nowe ye knowe what withholdeth that he might be reueiled in his time.

And you know now what the restraining influence is which prevents his appearing before his appointed time.

7 For the mysterie of iniquitie doeth already worke: onely he which nowe withholdeth, shall let till he be taken out of the way.

Wickedness, indeed, is already at work in secret, but only until he who at present restrains it is removed out of the way.

8 And then shall that wicked man be reueiled, whome the Lord shall consume with the Spirit of his mouth, and shall abolish with the brightnes of his comming,

Then the lawless person will be revealed, but the Lord Jesus will destroy him with the breath of his mouth, annihilate him by the splendour of his coming.

9 Euen him whose comming is by the effectuall working of Satan, with all power, and signes, and lying wonders,

When the lawless person comes, there will be great activity on the part of Satan, in the form of all kinds of deceptive miracles, signs, and marvels, as well as of wicked attempts to delude –

10 And in al deceiuablenes of vnrighteousnes, among them that perish, because they receiued not the loue of the trueth, that they might be saued.

to the ruin of those who are on the path to destruction, because they have never received and loved the truth to their own salvation.

11 And therefore God shall send them strong delusion, that they should beleeue lies,

That is why God places them under the influence of a delusion, to cause them to believe a lie;

12 That all they might be damned which beleeued not the trueth, but had pleasure in vnrighteousnes.

so that sentence may be passed on all those who refuse to believe the truth, but delight in wickedness.

13 But we ought to giue thankes alway to God for you, brethren beloued of the Lord, because that God hath from the beginning chosen you to saluation, through sanctification of the Spirit, and the faith of trueth,

But, friends, whom the Lord loves, it is our duty always to thank God about you, for, from the first, God chose you for salvation through the purifying influence of the Spirit, and your belief in the truth.

14 Whereunto he called you by our Gospel, to obtaine the glory of our Lord Iesus Christ.

To this you were called by the good news which we brought you, to attain to the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.

15 Therefore, brethren, stand fast and keepe the instructions, which ye haue bene taught, either by worde, or by our Epistle.

Stand firm then, friends, and hold fast to the truths that we taught you, whether by word or by letter.

16 Now the same Iesus Christ our Lord; and our God euen the Father which hath loued vs, and hath giuen vs euerlasting consolation and good hope through grace, (aiōnios g166)

And may our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our Father, who loved us and, in his loving kindness, gave us unfailing consolation and good ground for hope, (aiōnios g166)

17 Comfort your hearts, and stablish you in euery word and good worke.

console your hearts, and strengthen you to do and to say all that is right.