2 Thessalonians 2:3-7

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
Some manuscripts sin
is revealed e the son of destruction
Greek  the son of perdition (a Hebrew idiom)
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. Do you not remember that when I was still with you I told you these things? And you know what is restraining him now so that he may be revealed in his time. 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.
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