New American Standard Bible 2020

2 Thessalonians 2:3-9

3 1No one is to deceive you in any way! For it will not come unless the 2 3apostasy comes first, and the 4man of lawlessness is revealed, the 5son of destruction,

4who opposes and exalts himself above 6 7every so-called god or object of worship, so that he takes his seat in the temple of God, 8displaying himself as being God.

5Do you not remember that 9while I was still with you, I was telling you these things?

6And you know 10what restrains him now, so that he will be revealed in his time.

7For 11the mystery of lawlessness is already at work; only 12 13He who now restrains will do so until 14He is 15removed.

8Then that lawless one 16will be revealed, whom the Lord will eliminate 17with the breath of His mouth and bring to an end by the 18appearance of His 19coming;

9that is, the one whose 20coming is in accord with the activity of 21Satan, with all power and false 22 23signs and wonders,

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Notes

1. 2 Thessalonians 2:3 Eph 5:6 ↩
2. 2 Thessalonians 2:3 Or falling away from the faith ↩
3. 2 Thessalonians 2:3 1 Tim 4:1 ↩
4. 2 Thessalonians 2:3 Dan 7:25; 8:25; 11:36; 2 Thess 2:8; Rev 13:5ff ↩
5. 2 Thessalonians 2:3 John 17:12 ↩
6. 2 Thessalonians 2:4 Or everyone who is called God ↩
7. 2 Thessalonians 2:4 1 Cor 8:5 ↩
8. 2 Thessalonians 2:4 Is 14:14; Ezek 28:2 ↩
9. 2 Thessalonians 2:5 1 Thess 3:4 ↩
10. 2 Thessalonians 2:6 2 Thess 2:7 ↩
11. 2 Thessalonians 2:7 Rev 17:5, 7 ↩
12. 2 Thessalonians 2:7 Or he ↩
13. 2 Thessalonians 2:7 2 Thess 2:6 ↩
14. 2 Thessalonians 2:7 Or he ↩
15. 2 Thessalonians 2:7 Or out of the way ↩
16. 2 Thessalonians 2:8 Dan 7:25; 8:25; 11:36; 2 Thess 2:3; Rev 13:5ff ↩
17. 2 Thessalonians 2:8 Is 11:4; Rev 2:16; 19:15 ↩
18. 2 Thessalonians 2:8 1 Tim 6:14; 2 Tim 1:10; 4:1, 8; Titus 2:13 ↩
19. 2 Thessalonians 2:8 Or presence ↩
20. 2 Thessalonians 2:9 Or presence ↩
21. 2 Thessalonians 2:9 Matt 4:10 ↩
22. 2 Thessalonians 2:9 I.e., confirming miracles ↩
23. 2 Thessalonians 2:9 Matt 24:24; John 4:48 ↩

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