2 Thessalonians 2

1 Now, brothers, concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our gathering together to him, we ask you

Now we beg you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our gathering together to him,

2 not to be quickly shaken in your mind or troubled, either by spirit or by word or by letter as if from us, saying that the day of Christ has already come.

that ye be not soon shaken in mind, nor troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter, as [if it were] by us, as that the day of the Lord is present.

3 Let no one deceive you in any way. For it will not be unless the rebellion comes first, and the man of sin is revealed, the son of destruction.

Let not any one deceive you in any manner, because [it will not be] unless the apostasy have first come, and the man of sin have been revealed, the son of perdition;

4 He opposes and exalts himself against all that is called God or that is worshiped, so that he sits as God in the temple of God, setting himself up as God.

who opposes and exalts himself on high against all called God, or object of veneration; so that he himself sits down in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.

5 Don’t you remember that when I was still with you, I told you these things?

Do ye not remember that, being yet with you, I said these things to you?

6 Now you know what is restraining him, to the end that he may be revealed in his own season.

And now ye know that which restrains, that he should be revealed in his own time.

7 For the mystery of lawlessness already works. Only there is one who restrains now, until he is taken out of the way.

For the mystery of lawlessness already works; only [there is] he who restrains now until he be gone,

8 Then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord will kill with the breath of his mouth and destroy by the manifestation of his coming;

and then the lawless one shall be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus shall consume with the breath of his mouth, and shall annul by the appearing of his coming;

9 even he whose coming is according to the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,

whose coming is according to the working of Satan in all power and signs and wonders of falsehood,

10 and with all deception of wickedness for those who are being lost, because they didn’t receive the love of the truth, that they might be saved.

and in all deceit of unrighteousness to them that perish, because they have not received the love of the truth that they might be saved.

11 Because of this, God sends them a powerful delusion, that they should believe a lie,

And for this reason God sends to them a working of error, that they should believe what is false,

12 that they all might be judged who didn’t believe the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.

that all might be judged who have not believed the truth, but have found pleasure in unrighteousness.

13 But we are bound to always give thanks to God for you, brothers loved by the Lord, because God chose you from the beginning for salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief in the truth,

But we ought to give thanks to God always for you, brethren beloved of [the] Lord, that God has chosen you from [the] beginning to salvation in sanctification of [the] Spirit and belief of [the] truth:

14 to which he called you through our Good News, for the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.

whereto he has called you by our glad tidings, to [the] obtaining of [the] glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.

15 So then, brothers, stand firm and hold the traditions which you were taught by us, whether by word or by letter.

So then, brethren, stand firm, and hold fast the instructions which ye have been taught, whether by word or by our letter.

16 Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our Father, who loved us and gave us eternal comfort and good hope through grace, (aiōnios g166)

But our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and our God and Father, who has loved us, and given [us] eternal consolation and good hope by grace, (aiōnios g166)

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

encourage your hearts, and establish you in every good work and word.