2 Thessalonians 2

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

Now concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered to him, we ask you, brothers,

2 that you be not suddenly shaken in mind, nor alarmed, neither by spirit, not by report, nor by letter, as from us, intimating that the day of the Lord is at hand.

not to be quickly shaken from your understanding or alarmed by any spirit or message or by any letter supposedly from us alleging that the day of Christ has already come.

3 Let no one lead you into a mistake by any means; because the apostasy must first appear, and the man of sin, the son of perdition, must be first revealed,

Let no one deceive you in any manner, for that day cannot come unless the apostasy comes first and the man of sin is revealed, the son of destruction.

4 who opposes and exalts himself against every one called a god, or an object of worship; so that he places himself in the temple of God, openly exhibiting himself, that he is a god.

He will oppose and exalt himself above every so-called god and object of worship, so that he sits as God in the temple of God, proclaiming himself to be God.

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

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

6 And you know what now prevents his being revealed until his proper time.

And you know what is now restraining him so that he will be revealed in his own time.

7 For already the mystery of iniquity secretly works, only till he who now restrains, be taken out of the way;

For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work, but the one who now restrains will do so until he is taken out of the way.

8 and then shall that lawless one be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will consume by the spirit of his mouth--with the brightness of his coming,

And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord will destroy with the breath of his mouth and annihilate by the appearance of his coming.

9 he will, indeed, utterly destroy him, whose coming is according to the energy of Satan, with all the power, and signs, and wonders of falsehood;

The coming of the lawless one will be in accordance with the working of Satan, with all kinds of counterfeit miracles, signs, and wonders,

10 and with all the deceit of unrighteousness among the destroyed; because they did not embrace the love of the truth, that they might be saved.

and with every kind of wicked deception among those who are perishing, because they refused to love the truth and so be saved.

11 For this cause, God will send them strong delusion, that they may believe a lie;

For this reason God will send them a powerful delusion, leading them to believe what is false,

12 that all may be condemned who have not believed the truth, but have taken pleasure in iniquity.

so that all who have not believed the truth but have taken pleasure in unrighteousness will be condemned.

13 But we are bound to give thanks to God always for you, brethren, beloved of the Lord, because God has, from the beginning, chosen you to salvation, through sanctification of spirit, and belief of truth;

But we must always give thanks to God for you, brothers beloved by the Lord, because God chose you from the beginning for salvation through sanctification by the Spirit and belief in the truth.

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

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

15 Well, then, brethren, stand firm, and hold fast the traditions which you have been taught, whether by our word or letter.

So then, brothers, stand firm and hold fast to the teachings that were passed on to you, whether by word of mouth or by a letter from us.

16 And may our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God, even our Father, who has loved us, and given us everlasting consolation, and good hope through favor, (aiōnios g166)

Now may our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father, who has loved us and given us eternal comfort and good hope by his grace, (aiōnios g166)

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

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