2 Thessalonians 2:3

2 Thessalonians 2:3 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;
• New International Version (NIV)Don’t let anyone deceive you in any way, for that day will not come until the rebellion occurs and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the man doomed to destruction.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Let no one deceive you in any way. For that day will not come, unless the rebellion comes first, and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction,
• New King James Version (NKJV)Let no one deceive you by any means; for that Day will not come unless the falling away comes first, and the man of sin is revealed, the son of perdition,

Context of 2 Thessalonians 2:3

1Now regarding the arrival of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered to be with him, we ask you, brothers and sisters, 2not to be easily shaken from your composure or disturbed by any kind of spirit or message or letter allegedly from us, to the effect that the day of the Lord is already here. Let no one deceive you in any way. For that day will not arrive until the rebellion comes and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction. 4He opposes and exalts himself above every so-called god or object of worship, and as a result he takes his seat in God’s temple, displaying himself as God. 5Surely you recall that I used to tell you these things while I was still with you.

2 Thessalonians 2:3 word by word

μή τις ὑμᾶς ἐξαπατήσῃ κατὰ μηδένα τρόπον· ὅτι ἐὰν μὴ ἔλθῃ ἡ ἀποστασία πρῶτον καὶ ἀποκαλυφθῇ ὁ ἄνθρωπος τῆς ἀνομίας, ὁ υἱὸς τῆς ἀπωλείας,Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Letἐξαπατάωexapataō · to deceiveG1818
• noμήmē · notG3361
• manτιςtis · oneG5100
• youσύsu · youG4771
• byκατάkata · according toG2596
• anyμηδείςmēdeis mēdemia mēden · nothingG3367
• meansτρόποςtropos · wayG5158
• forὅτιhoti · that/since: sinceG3754
• exceptἐάνean · ifG1437
• there comeἔρχομαιerchomai · to come/goG2064
• a falling awayὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• a falling awayἀποστασίαapostasia · apostasyG646
• firstπρῶτονprōton · firstG4412
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• that manἄνθρωποςanthrōpos · a humanG444
• of sinἁμαρτίαhamartia · sinG266
• be revealedἀποκαλύπτωapokaluptō · to revealG601
• the sonυἱόςuihos · sonG5207
• of perditionἀπώλειαapōleia · destructionG684

Cross-references for 2 Thessalonians 2:3

• Matthew 24:4Jesus answered them, “Watch out that no one misleads you.
• 1 Corinthians 6:9Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived! The sexually immoral, idolaters, adulterers, passive homosexual partners, practicing homosexuals,
• Ephesians 5:6Let nobody deceive you with empty words, for because of these things God’s wrath comes on the sons of disobedience.
• 1 Timothy 4:1Now the Spirit explicitly says that in the later times some will desert the faith and occupy themselves with deceiving spirits and demonic teachings,
• 2 Timothy 3:1But understand this, that in the last days difficult times will come.
• 2 Timothy 4:3For there will be a time when people will not tolerate sound teaching. Instead, following their own desires, they will accumulate teachers for themselves, because they have an insatiable curiosity to hear new things.
• 2 Thessalonians 2:8and then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord will destroy by the breath of his mouth and wipe out by the manifestation of his arrival.
• Daniel 7:25He will speak words against the Most High. He will harass the holy ones of the Most High continually. His intention will be to change times established by law. They will be delivered into his hand For a time, times, and half a time.
• 1 John 2:18Children, it is the last hour, and just as you heard that the antichrist is coming, so now many antichrists have appeared. We know from this that it is the last hour.
• Revelation 13:11Then I saw another beast coming up from the earth. He had two horns like a lamb, but was speaking like a dragon.
• John 17:12When I was with them I kept them safe and watched over them in your name that you have given me. Not one of them was lost except the one destined for destruction, so that the scripture could be fulfilled.
• Revelation 17:8The beast you saw was, and is not, but is about to come up from the abyss and then go to destruction. The inhabitants of the earth – all those whose names have not been written in the book of life since the foundation of the world – will be astounded when they see that the beast was, and is not, but is to come.

Commentaries on 2 Thessalonians 2:3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3Except there come a falling away first - We have the original word in our word apostasy; and by this term we understand a dereliction of the essential principles of religious truth - either a total abandonment of Christianity itself, or such a corruption of its doctrines as renders the whole system completely inefficient to salvation. But what this apostasy means is a question which has not yet, and perhaps never will be, answered to general satisfaction…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3Let no man deceive you by any means - That is, respecting the coming of the Lord Jesus. This implies that there were then attempts to deceive, and that it was of great importance for Christians to be on their guard. The result has shown that there is almost no subject on which caution is more proper, and on which men are more liable to delusion. The means then resorted to for deception appear from the previous verse to have been either an appeal to a…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3Two events will happen before the Day of the Lord (2:2). Both Jewish and Christian teachings predict a great rebellion against God before the end of time (Matthew 24:11–14; 1 Timothy 4:1). the man of lawlessness: He is without law or against law. Sin defines his character. the son of destruction: The focus is the lawless man’s own destruction, not just on the destruction he causes (2 Thessalonians 2:8).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. by any means--Greek, "in any manner." Christ, in Mt 24:4, gives the same warning in connection with the same event. He had indicated three ways (2Th 2:2) in which they might be deceived (compare other ways, 2Th 2:9, and Mt 24:5, 24). a falling away--rather as the Greek, "the falling away," or "apostasy," namely, the one of which "I told you" before (2Th 2:5), "when I was yet with you," and of which the Lord gave some intimation (Mt 24:10-12; Joh 5:43)…Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Thessalonians 2:3

• Antichrist
• Apostasy
• Blasphemy
• Jesus Continued
• Miracles
• Presumption

In the dictionaries

• Man of sin
• That Day
• Antichrist
• Backslide
• Daniel, Book of
• Deceivableness
• Let
• Shake
• Tradition
• Apostasy; Apostate

Commentaries on 2 Thessalonians 2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings