2 Thessalonians 2

1 And we ask you, brothers, in regard to the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and of our gathering together to Him,

Now about the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered together to be with him, we ask you, brothers,

2 that you are not quickly shaken in mind, nor be troubled, neither through spirit, neither through word, neither through letters as through us, as that the Day of the LORD has arrived;

that you not be easily disturbed or troubled, either by a spirit, by a message, or by a letter that seems to be coming from us, to the effect that the day of the Lord has already come.

3 do not let anyone deceive you in any way, because if the departure may not come first, the man of lawlessness may [not] be revealed—the son of destruction,

Let no one deceive you in any way. For it will not come until after the falling away comes, and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction.

4 who is opposing and is raising himself up above all called god or worshiped, so as for him to have sat down in the temple of God, proclaiming that he is God.

This is he who opposes and exalts himself against all that is called God or that is worshiped. As a result, he sits in the temple of God and exhibits himself as God.

5 Do you not remember that, yet being with you, I said these things to you?

Do you not remember that when I was with you I told you these things?

6 And now, you have known what is restraining, for his being revealed in his own time,

Now you know what restrains him, so that he will be revealed only at the right time.

7 for the secret of lawlessness already works, only the [One] now restraining [will do so] until He may come out of [the] midst,

For the mystery of lawlessness is already working, only there is someone who restrains him now until he is taken out of the way.

8 and then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the LORD will consume with the Spirit of His mouth, and will nullify at the appearance of His coming,

Then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will kill with the breath of his mouth. The Lord will bring him to nothing by the revelation of his coming.

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

The lawless one's coming will be due to the work of Satan with all power, signs, and false wonders,

10 and in all deceitfulness of the unrighteousness in those perishing, because they did not receive the love of the truth for their being saved,

and with all deceit of unrighteousness. These things will be for those who are perishing, because they did not receive the love of the truth for them to be saved.

11 and because of this God will send to them a working of delusion, for their believing the lie,

For this reason God is sending them a work of error so that they would believe a lie.

12 that they may be judged—all who did not believe the truth, but were well pleased in the unrighteousness.

The result is that they will all be judged, those who did not believe the truth but instead took pleasure in unrighteousness.

13 And we ought to give thanks to God always for you, brothers, beloved by the LORD, that God chose you from the beginning to salvation, in sanctification of the Spirit, and belief of the truth,

But we should always give thanks to God for you, brothers loved by the Lord. For God chose you as the firstfruits for salvation in sanctification of the Spirit and belief in the truth.

14 to which He called you through our good news, to the acquiring of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ;

He called you to this through our gospel, that you might obtain the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.

15 so, then, brothers, stand fast, and hold the traditions that you were taught, whether through word, whether through our letter;

So then, brothers, stand firm and hold tightly to the traditions that you were taught, whether by word or by our letter.

16 and may our Lord Jesus Christ Himself, and our God and Father, who loved us, and gave continuous comfort, and good hope in grace, (aiōnios g166)

Now may our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our Father who loved us and gave us eternal comfort and good hope through grace, (aiōnios g166)

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

comfort and establish your hearts in every good work and word.