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;
• 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,
• New Living Translation (NLT)Don’t be fooled by what they say. For that day will not come until there is a great rebellion against God and the man of lawlessness is revealed—the one who brings destruction.

Context of 2 Thessalonians 2:3

1Concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered to him, we ask you, brothers and sisters, 2not to become easily unsettled or alarmed by the teaching allegedly from us—whether by a prophecy or by word of mouth or by letter—asserting that the day of the Lord has already come. 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. 4He will oppose and will exalt himself over everything that is called God or is worshiped, so that he sets himself up in God’s temple, proclaiming himself to be God. 5Don’t you remember that when I was with you I used to tell you these things?

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: “Watch out that no one deceives you.
• 1 Corinthians 6:9Or do you not know that wrongdoers will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor men who have sex with men
• Ephesians 5:6Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of such things God’s wrath comes on those who are disobedient.
• 1 Timothy 4:1The Spirit clearly says that in later times some will abandon the faith and follow deceiving spirits and things taught by demons.
• 2 Timothy 3:1But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days.
• 2 Timothy 4:3For the time will come when people will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear.
• 2 Thessalonians 2:8And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will overthrow with the breath of his mouth and destroy by the splendor of his coming.
• Daniel 7:25He will speak against the Most High and oppress his holy people and try to change the set times and the laws. The holy people will be delivered into his hands for a time, times and half a time.
• 1 John 2:18Dear children, this is the last hour; and as you have heard that the antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have come. This is how we know it is the last hour.
• Revelation 13:11Then I saw a second beast, coming out of the earth. It had two horns like a lamb, but it spoke like a dragon.
• John 17:12While I was with them, I protected them and kept them safe by that name you gave me. None has been lost except the one doomed to destruction so that Scripture would be fulfilled.
• Revelation 17:8The beast, which you saw, once was, now is not, and yet will come up out of the Abyss and go to its destruction. The inhabitants of the earth whose names have not been written in the book of life from the creation of the world will be astonished when they see the beast, because it once was, now is not, and yet will 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