2 Thessalonians 2

The Man of Lawlessness

1 Now concerning the coming  * 2:1 1Th 1:10; 1Jn 2:28 of our Lord  * 2:1 Rv 11:8 Jesus Christ and our being gathered to him: We ask you, brothers and sisters, 2 not to be easily upset or troubled, either by a prophecy  * 2:2 Or spiritual utterance,* 2:2 1Jn 4:1 or by a message or by a letter supposedly from us, alleging that the day of the Lord  * 2:2 Other mss read Christ,* 2:2 Mt 25:13; Ac 2:20; Php 1:6 has come.  * 2:2 2Tm 2:18; 1Jn 2:283 Don’t let anyone deceive you in any way. For that day will not come unless the apostasy  * 2:3 Or rebellion comes first and the man of lawlessness  * 2:3 Other mss read man of sin is revealed, the man doomed to destruction. 4 He opposes and exalts himself above every so-called god  * 2:4 1Co 8:5 or object of worship,  * 2:4 Is 14:12–15; Ezk 28:2; Ac 17:23 so that he sits  * 2:4 Other mss add as God in God’s temple, proclaiming that he himself is God.