2 Tessalonicenses 2

¹ Now concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our gathering together to meet him, I entreat you, brothers,

² not to be "quickly shaken out of your wits" and not to be agitated either by a spirit or by a message, or by an epistle purporting to be from me, saying, "The Day of the Lord is at hand."

³ Let no one deceive you by any means. For it will not come until after the Great Apostasy, and the revealing of the Man of Sin, the son of perdition,

⁴ the adversary, who opposes and exalts himself against all that is called God, or is an object of worship; so that he takes his seat in the Temple of God, and vaunts himself as God.

⁵ Do you not recall that I often told you this, when I was with you?

⁶ And now you know what is holding him back, to the end that he may be revealed in his appointed time.

⁷ For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work; only there is one who is hindering and will continue to hinder till he be removed;

⁸ and then the lawless one will be revealed. Him the Lord will consume with the breath of his lips, and destroy with the brightness of his appearing;

⁹ even he whose coming is according to the energy of Satan, in every power and sign and lying wonder,

¹⁰ and with all deceit of unrighteousness for those who are perishing, because they did not receive the love of the truth for their salvation.

¹¹ For this reason God is sending on them an energy of delusion, that they should put faith in a falsehood;

¹² so that they all should be condemned, who are faithless to the truth, but take pleasure in evil.

¹³ But for you, brothers, whom the Lord loves, I ought to give thanks to God continually, because God has chosen you from the beginning for salvation in consecration of the Spirit and belief of the truth.

¹⁴ For this he called you through my gospel, so that you might obtain the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.

¹⁵ So, brothers, stand fast, and hold fast the teachings which you have been taught by me, whether by word of mouth or by letter.

¹⁶ And may our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our Father, who has loved us and given us eternal encouragement and a good hope in grace,

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