Text-Critical English New Testament

2 Thessalonians 2

The Man of Sin

Now concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered to him, we ask you, brothers, not to be quickly shaken from your understanding or alarmed by 1any spirit or message or by any letter supposedly from us alleging that the day of 2Christ has already come. Let no one deceive you in any manner, for that day cannot come unless the apostasy comes first and the man of 3sin is revealed, the son of destruction. He will oppose and exalt himself above every so-called god and object of worship, so that he sits 4as God in the temple of God, proclaiming himself to be God. Do you not remember that I told you these things when I was still with you? And you know what is now restraining him so that he will be revealed in his 5own time. For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work, but the one who now restrains will do so until he is taken out of the way. And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord 6will destroy with the breath of his mouth and annihilate by the appearance of his coming. The coming of the lawless one will be in accordance with the working of Satan, with all kinds of counterfeit miracles, signs, and wonders, and with every kind of wicked deception 7among those who are perishing, because they refused to love the truth and so be saved. For this reason God 8will send them a powerful delusion, leading them to believe what is false, so that all who have not believed the truth but have taken pleasure in unrighteousness will be condemned.

Chosen for Salvation

But we must always give thanks to God for you, brothers beloved by the Lord, because God chose you 9from the beginning for salvation through sanctification by the Spirit and belief in the truth. He called you to this through our gospel, so that you might obtain the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. So then, brothers, stand firm and hold fast to the teachings that were passed on to you, whether by word of mouth or by a letter from us.

Now may our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father, who has loved us and given us eternal comfort and good hope by his grace, comfort 10your hearts and establish you in every good 11word and work.

Source notes (11)

Footnote any spirit or message or by any ¦ the spirit or by any message or ANT
Footnote Christ ¦ the Lord CT
Footnote sin 93.5% ¦ lawlessness CT 5.5%
Footnote as God 85.8% ¦ — CT 7.7%
Footnote own ¦ — WH
Footnote will destroy 82.6% ¦ Jesus will destroy MSS 8.2% ¦ Jesus will kill CT 4.4%
Footnote among ¦ for CT
Footnote will send ¦ sends CT
Footnote from the beginning ¦ as the firstfruits NA SBL
Footnote your hearts and establish you ¦ and establish your hearts CT
Footnote word and work ¦ work and word CT

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