2 Thessalonians 2

1 As to the Coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and our being gathered to meet him, we beg you, Brothers,

But as to the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and our gathering together unto Him,

2 not lightly to let your minds become unsettled, nor yet to be disturbed by any revelation, or by any message, or by any letter, purporting to come from us, to the effect that the Day of the Lord is come.

we beseech you, brethren, that ye be not soon moved from your steadiness of mind, or troubled, neither by Spirit, nor by word, nor by letter, as from us, that the day of Christ is at hand.

3 Do not let any one deceive you, whatever he may do. For it will not come until after the Great Apostasy, and the appearing of that Incarnation of Wickedness, that the Lost soul,

Let not any one deceive you by any means; for it shall not come till there come an apostasy first, and the man of sin be revealed,

4 who so opposes himself to every one that is spoken of as a God or as an object of worship, and so exalts himself above them, that he seats himself in the Temple of God, and displays himself as God!

the son of perdition, who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or the object of worship; so that he sits as God in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.

5 Do not you remember how, when I was with you, I used to speak to you of all this?

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

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

And ye know what now hindereth him from being revealed in his own time.

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

For the mystery of iniquity is already working, only there is one that hindreth till he be taken out of the way.

8 Then will ‘Wickedness Incarnate’ appear, but the Lord Jesus will destroy him with the breath of his lips, and annihilate him by the splendour of his Coming.

And then the wicked one shall be detected, whom the Lord will destroy by the breath of his mouth, and abolish by the brightness of his coming:

9 For at the Coming of the Lord 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 —

who comes, through the efficacy of Satan, with all kind of lying power, and signs,

10 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.

and wonders, and with all iniquitous fraud, among those that shall perish; because they received not the love of the truth, by which they might be saved.

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

And for this cause God will send upon them the efficacy of error, so that they shall themselves believe the lie:

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

that they may all be condemned, who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in iniquity.

13 But, Brothers, 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.

But we ought always to give thanks to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord; because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation, through sanctification of the Spirit, and belief of the truth:

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

to which He hath called you by our gospel, to the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.

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

Therefore, brethren, be steady, and hold fast the traditions, which ye have been taught, whether by word or by our letter.

16 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)

And may our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and our God and Father, who hath loved us, and hath given us everlasting consolation, and good hope through grace, comfort your hearts, (aiōnios g166)

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

and establish you in every good word and work.