2 Thessalonians 2

1 Now we beseech you, brethren, touching the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and our gathering together unto him;

But with respect to the Coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered to meet Him, we entreat you, brethren,

2 to the end that ye be not quickly shaken from your mind, nor yet be troubled, either by spirit, or by word, or by epistle as from us, as that the day of the Lord is [now] present;

not readily to become unsettled in mind or troubled--either by any pretended spiritual revelation or by any message or letter claiming to have been sent by us--through fancying that the day of the Lord is now here.

3 let no man beguile you in any wise: for [it will not be], except the falling away come first, and the man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition,

Let no one in any way deceive you, for that day cannot come without the coming of the apostasy first, and the appearing of the man of sin, the son of perdition, who sets himself against,

4 he that opposeth and exalteth himself against all that is called God or that is worshipped; so that he sitteth in the temple of God, setting himself forth as God.

and exalts himself above, every so-called 'god' or object of worship, and goes the length of taking his seat in the very temple of God, giving it out that he himself is God.

5 Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things?

Do you not remember that while I was still with you I used to tell you all this?

6 And now ye know that which restraineth, to the end that he may be revealed in his own season.

And now you know what restrains him, in order that his true character may be revealed at his appointed time.

7 For the mystery of lawlessness doth already work: only [there is] one that restraineth now, until he be taken out of the way.

For lawlessness is already at work in secret; but only until the man who is now exercising a restraining influence is removed,

8 And then shall be revealed the lawless one, whom the Lord Jesus shall slay with the breath of his mouth, and bring to nought by the manifestation of his coming;

and then the Lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will sweep away with the tempest of His anger, and utterly overwhelm by the awful splendour of His Coming.

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

The appearing of the Lawless one will be attended by various miracles and tokens and delusive marvels--for so Satan works--

10 and with all deceit of unrighteousness for them that are perishing; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.

and by every kind of wicked deception for those who are on the way to perdition because they did not welcome into their hearts the love of the truth, so that they might be saved.

11 And for this cause God sendeth them a working of error, that they should believe a lie:

And for this reason God sends them a misleading influence that they may believe the lie;

12 that they all might be judged who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.

in order that all may come under judgement who have refused to believe the truth and have taken pleasure in unrighteousness.

13 But we are bound to give thanks to God alway for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, for that God chose you from the beginning unto salvation in sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth:

And from us thanks are always due to God on your behalf--brethren whom the Lord loves--because God from the beginning has chosen you for salvation through the Spirit's sanctifying influence and your belief in the truth.

14 whereunto he called you through our gospel, to the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.

To this blessing God has called you by our Good News, so that you may have a share in the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.

15 So then, brethren, stand fast, and hold the traditions which ye were taught, whether by word, or by epistle of ours.

So then, brethren, stand your ground, and hold fast to the teachings which you have received from us, whether by word of mouth or by letter.

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

And may our Lord Jesus Christ Himself--and God our Father who has loved us and has given us in His grace eternal consolation and a bright hope-- (aiōnios g166)

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

comfort your hearts and make you stedfast in every good work and word.