2 Thessalonians 2:3-9
3 a Let no one deceive you in any way. For that day will not come, b unless the rebellion comes first, and c the man of lawlessness ▼
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Some manuscripts sin
is revealed e the son of destruction
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Greek the son of perdition (a Hebrew idiom)
4 who opposes and exalts himself against every so-called god or object of worship, so that he takes his seat in the temple of God g proclaiming himself to be God. 5 Do you not remember that when I was still with you I told you these things? 6 And you know what is restraining him now so that he may be revealed in his time. 7 For h the mystery of lawlessness i is already at work. Only he who now restrains it will do so until he is out of the way. 8 And then j the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus k will kill with l the breath of his mouth and bring to nothing by m the appearance of his coming. 9 The coming of the lawless one is by the activity of Satan n with all power and false signs and wonders,
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