2 Thessalonians 2:3-8

3Don’t let anyone deceive you about this in any way. ⌞That day cannot come unless⌟ a revolt takes place first, and the man of sin, the man of destruction, is revealed.

4He opposes every so-called god or anything that is worshiped and places himself above them, sitting in God’s temple and claiming to be God.

5Don’t you remember that I told you about these things when I was still with you?

6You know what it is that now holds him back, so that he will be revealed when his time comes.

7The mystery of this sin is already at work. But it cannot work effectively until the person now holding it back gets out of the way.

8Then the man of sin will be revealed and the Lord Jesus will destroy him by what he says. When the Lord Jesus comes, his appearance will put an end to this man.