2 THESSALONIANS 2
1 Now we beseech you, brethren, touching the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and our gathering together unto him;
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;
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,
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.
5 Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things?
6 And now ye know that which restraineth, to the end that he may be revealed in his own season.
7 For the mystery of lawlessness doth already work: only there is one that restraineth now, until he be taken out of the way.
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;
9 even he, whose coming is according to the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,
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.
11 And for this cause God sendeth them a working of error, that they should believe a lie:
12 that they all might be judged who believed not the truth, but had 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:
14 whereunto he called you through our gospel, to the obtaining of 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.
16 Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our Father which loved us and gave us eternal comfort and good hope through grace,
17 comfort your hearts and stablish them in every good work and word.
Cross-references
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- 11Th 4:14–17, Mrk 13:27, Mat 24:31, 1Th 2:19, 2Ti 4:1, 1Th 3:13, Mat 25:32, Gen 49:10
- 21Jn 4:1–2, Mrk 13:7, Mat 24:4–6, 2Pe 3:4–8, 2Th 3:17, Luk 21:9, Luk 21:19, 1Th 4:15
- 3Mat 24:4–6, Eph 5:6, 1Jn 2:18, 1Ti 4:1–3, 2Th 2:8–10, Dan 7:25, Dan 8:25, 2Ti 3:1–3
- 4Dan 7:25, Ezk 28:2, Isa 14:13–14, Rev 13:6–7, Ezk 28:6, Dan 11:45, Dan 8:9–14, 1Co 8:5
- 5Jhn 16:4, Mat 16:9, Gal 5:21, 2Pe 1:15, Luk 24:6–7, Act 20:31, 2Th 3:10, 1Th 2:11
- 62Th 2:3, 2Th 2:8
- 71Jn 4:3, 2Ti 2:17–18, Rev 17:7, Rev 17:5, 1Jn 2:18, Act 20:29, Col 2:18–23
- 8Rev 19:20–21, 2Th 2:3, Isa 11:4, Rev 20:10, Rev 19:15, Rev 2:16, Dan 7:10–11, Tit 2:13
- 9Mat 24:24, Rev 19:20, Eph 2:2, 2Co 11:3, Jhn 4:48, Mrk 13:22, Deu 13:1–2, Act 13:10
- 101Co 1:18, Pro 1:7, 2Co 4:2–3, Jhn 8:45–47, 2Pe 2:12, Rom 16:18, 1Co 16:22, Eph 4:14
- 11Rom 1:28, Jhn 12:39–43, 1Ti 4:1, Mat 24:11, Psa 81:11–12, Ezk 21:29, Rom 1:21–25, 1Th 2:3
- 12Rom 1:32, Rom 8:7–8, Mrk 16:16, Rom 2:8, 1Th 5:9, Hos 7:3, Jhn 3:36, Psa 11:5
- 132Ti 1:9, Eph 1:4–5, 1Th 1:4, 1Th 5:9, Rom 9:11, Act 13:48, 2Th 1:3, Dan 9:23
- 141Th 2:12, 1Pe 5:10, Rom 8:17, 1Th 1:5, Rom 2:16, 1Pe 1:4–5, Rom 8:28–30, Rev 22:3–5
- 151Co 11:2, 2Th 3:6, 2Th 2:2, 1Co 16:13, Php 4:1, Rom 16:17, 1Co 15:58, 2Th 3:14
- 16Jhn 3:16, Rom 5:2–5, 1Pe 1:3–8, Tit 3:4–7, 1Th 3:11, Rom 8:24–25, Tit 1:2, Eph 2:4–5
- 172Th 3:3, 1Th 3:13, 1Th 3:2, Col 2:7, 1Co 1:8, Jud 1:24, Heb 13:9, Rom 15:13
Topics in this chapter
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Afflictions and Adversities, Antichrist, Apostasy, Blasphemy, Blindness, Call, Character, Commandments, Contingencies, Deceit, Decision, Election, Faith, Glory, God, Gospel, Heaven, Holiness, Holy Spirit, Hope, Immortality, Intercession, Jesus, the Christ, Miracles, Mysteries, Perseverance, Pleasure, Predestination, Presumption, Regeneration, Reprobacy, Righteous, Salvation, Sanctification, Satan, Self-Delusion, Self-Exaltation, Sorcery, Stability, Temple, Tradition, Trinity, Truth, Unbelief, Wicked (People), Word of God, Works