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1. About the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, brothers, and our being gathered to him:

1. Now concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our assembling to meet him, we beg you, brethren,

2. please do not be too easily thrown into confusion or alarmed by any manifestation of the Spirit or any statement or any letter claiming to come from us, suggesting that the Day of the Lord has already arrived.

2. not to be quickly shaken in mind or excited, either by spirit or by word, or by letter purporting to be from us, to the effect that the day of the Lord has come.

3. Never let anyone deceive you in any way. It cannot happen until the Great Revolt has taken place and there has appeared the wicked One, the lost One,

3. 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 perdition,

4. the Enemy, who raises himself above every so-called God or object of worship to enthrone himself in God's sanctuary and flaunts the claim that he is God.

4. who opposes and exalts himself against every so-called god or object of worship, so that he takes his seat in the temple of God, proclaiming himself to be God.

5. Surely you remember my telling you about this when I was with you?

5. Do you not remember that when I was still with you I told you this?

6. And you know, too, what is still holding him back from appearing before his appointed time.

6. And you know what is restraining him now so that he may be revealed in his time.

7. The mystery of wickedness is already at work, but let him who is restraining it once be removed,

7. For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work; only he who now restrains it will do so until he is out of the way.

8. and the wicked One will appear openly. The Lord will destroy him with the breath of his mouth and will annihilate him with his glorious appearance at his coming.

8. And then the lawless one will be revealed, and the Lord Jesus will slay him with the breath of his mouth and destroy him by his appearing and his coming.

9. But the coming of the wicked One will be marked by Satan being at work in all kinds of counterfeit miracles and signs and wonders,

9. The coming of the lawless one by the activity of Satan will be with all power and with pretended signs and wonders,

10. and every wicked deception aimed at those who are on the way to destruction because they would not accept the love of the truth and so be saved.

10. and with all wicked deception for those who are to perish, because they refused to love the truth and so be saved.

11. And therefore God sends on them a power that deludes people so that they believe what is false,

11. Therefore God sends upon them a strong delusion, to make them believe what is false,

12. and so that those who do not believe the truth and take their pleasure in wickedness may all be condemned.

12. so that all may be condemned who did not believe the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness.

13. But we must always thank God for you, brothers whom the Lord loves, because God chose you from the beginning to be saved by the Spirit who makes us holy and by faith in the truth.

13. But we are bound to give thanks to God always for you, brethren beloved by the Lord, because God chose you from the beginning to be saved, through sanctification by the Spirit and belief in the truth.

14. Through our gospel he called you to this so that you should claim as your own the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.

14. To this he called you through our gospel, so that you may obtain the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.

15. Stand firm, then, brothers, and keep the traditions that we taught you, whether by word of mouth or by letter.

15. So then, brethren, stand firm and hold to the traditions which you were taught by us, either by word of mouth or by letter.

16. May our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our Father who has given us his love and, through his grace, such ceaseless encouragement and such sure hope,

16. Now may our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our Father, who loved us and gave us eternal comfort and good hope through grace,

17. encourage you and strengthen you in every good word and deed.

17. comfort your hearts and establish them in every good work and word.



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