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

²not 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 .

³Let 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.[#2:3 or, falling away , or, defection]

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

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

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

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

⁸Then 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 ;

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

¹⁰and 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 .

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

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

¹³But 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,

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

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

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

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