1Now[G1161] we beseech[G2065]you[G5209], brethren[G80], by[G5228] the coming[G3952] of our[G2257]Lord[G2962]Jesus[G2424]Christ[G5547], and[G2532]by[G5228]our[G2257] gathering together[G1997]unto[G1909]him[G846],
2That[G1519]ye[G5209]be[G4531]not[G3361]soon[G5030]shaken[G4531]in[G575]mind[G3563], or[G3383]be[G4531]troubled[G2360], neither[G3383]by[G1223]spirit[G4151], nor[G3383]by[G1223]word[G3056], nor[G3383]by[G1223]letter[G1992]as[G5613]from[G1223]us[G2257], as[G5613]that[G3754] the day[G2250] of Christ[G5547] is at hand[G1764].
3Let[G1818]no[G3361]man[G5100]deceive[G1818]you[G5209]by[G2596]any[G3367]means[G5158]: for[G3754] that day shall not come[G2064], except[G3362] there come[G2064] a falling away[G646]first[G4412], and[G2532] that man[G444] of sin[G266] be revealed[G601], the son[G5207] of perdition[G684];
4Who[G3588]opposeth[G480]and[G2532]exalteth[G5229]himself[G1438]above[G1909]all[G3956]that[G3754]is[G2076]called[G3004]God[G2316], or[G2228]that[G3754]is[G2076]worshipped[G4574]; so[G5620]that[G3754]he[G846]as[G5613]God[G2316]sitteth[G2523]in[G1519] the temple[G3485] of God[G2316], shewing[G584]himself[G1438]that[G3754]he[G846]is[G2076]God[G2316].
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Remember ye[G3421]not[G3756], that[G3754], when I was[G5607]yet[G2089]with[G4314]you[G5209], I told[G3004]you[G5213] these things?[G5023]
6And[G2532]now[G3568] ye know[G1492] what withholdeth[G2722]that[G1519]he[G846] might be revealed[G601]in[G1722]his[G1438]time[G2540].
7For[G1063] the mystery[G3466]of[G1537]iniquity[G458]doth[G1754]already[G2235]work[G1754]: only[G3440] he who now[G737]letteth[G2722] will let, until[G2193] he be taken[G1096] out of[G1537] the way[G3319].
8And[G2532]then[G5119]shall[G601] that Wicked[G459] be revealed[G601], whom[G3739] the Lord[G2962]shall[G601]consume[G355] with the spirit[G4151] of his[G846]mouth[G4750], and[G2532]shall[G601]destroy[G2673] with the brightness[G2015] of his[G846]coming[G3952]:
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Even him, whose[G3739]coming[G3952]is[G2076]after[G2596] the working[G1753] of Satan[G4567]with[G1722]all[G3956]power[G1411]and[G2532]signs[G4592]and[G2532]lying[G5579]wonders[G5059],
10And[G2532]with[G1722]all[G3956]deceivableness[G539] of unrighteousness[G93]in[G1722] them that[G1519]perish[G622]; because[G473]they[G846]received[G1209]not[G3756] the love[G26] of the truth[G225], that[G1519]they[G846] might be saved[G4982].
11And[G2532] for this[G5124]cause[G1223]God[G2316] shall send[G3992]them[G846]strong[G1753]delusion[G4106], that[G1519]they[G846] should believe[G4100] a lie[G5579]:
12That[G2443] they all[G3956] might be damned[G2919]who[G3588]believed[G4100]not[G3361] the truth[G225], but[G235] had pleasure[G2106]in[G1722]unrighteousness[G93].
13But[G1161]we[G2249] are bound[G3784]to[G1519] give thanks[G2168]alway[G3842]to[G1519]God[G2316]for[G4012]you[G5216], brethren[G80]beloved[G25]of[G5259] the Lord[G2962], because[G3754]God[G2316]hath[G138]from[G575] the beginning[G746]chosen[G138]you[G5209]to[G1519]salvation[G4991]through[G1722]sanctification[G38]of[G5259] the Spirit[G4151]and[G2532]belief[G4102]of[G5259] the truth[G225]:
14Whereunto[G1519] he called[G2564]you[G5209]by[G1223]our[G2257]gospel[G2098], to[G1519] the obtaining[G4047] of the glory[G1391] of our[G2257]Lord[G2962]Jesus[G2424]Christ[G5547].
15Therefore[G686], brethren[G80], stand fast[G4739], and[G2532]hold[G2902] the traditions[G3862]which[G3739] ye have been taught[G1321], whether[G1535]by[G1223]word[G3056], or[G1535]our[G2257]epistle[G1992].