2 Thessalonians 2

1 But we request you, brethren, —in behalf of the Presence of our Lord Jesus Christ, and our gathering together unto him,

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

2 That ye be not quickly tossed from your mind, nor be put in alarm—either by spirit, or by discourse, or by letter as by us, as that the day of the Lord, hath set in:

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 That no one may cheat, you, in any one respect. Because [that day will not set in] —except the revolt come first, and there he revealed the man of lawlessness, the son of destruction,

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 The one who opposeth and exalteth himself on high against every one called God, or an object of worship; so that he, within the sanctuary of God, shall take his seat, showeth himself forth, that he is, 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 Remember ye not, that, while I was yet with you, these very things, I was telling you?

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

6 And, what now restraineth, ye know, to the end he may be revealed in his own fitting time;

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

7 For, the secret, of lawlessness, already, is inwardly working itself, —only, until, he that restraineth at present, shall be gone, out of the midst:

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 be revealed the lawless one, —whom, the Lord [Jesus], will slay with the Spirit of his mouth, and paralyse with the forthshining of his Presence: —

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 Whose, presence, [shall be] according to an inworking of Satan, with all manner of mighty work 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 manner of deceit of unrighteousness, in them who are destroying themselves, because, the love of the truth, they did not welcome, 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 And, for this cause, God sendeth them an inworking of error, to the end they should believe in the falsehood, —

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

12 In order that should be judged who would not believe in the truth, but were well-pleased with the unrighteousness.

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 unto God continually concerning you, brethren beloved by the Lord, for that God chose you, from the beginning, unto salvation, in 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 Unto which he called you, through means of our glad-message, unto an acquiring of 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 Hence, then, brethren, stand firm, and hold fast the instructions which ye were taught—whether through discourse, or through our 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 But may, our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and our God and Father, —Who hath loved you, and given you age-abiding consolation and good hope by favour, (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 Console your hearts, and confirm you in every good work and word!

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