1 Now we beg you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our gathering together to him,2 that ye be not soon shaken in mind, nor troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter, as {if it were} by us, as that the day of the Lord is present.3 Let not any one deceive you in any manner, because {it will not be} unless the apostasy have first come, and the man of sin have been revealed, the son of perdition;4 who opposes and exalts himself on high against all called God, or object of veneration; so that he himself sits down in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.5 Do ye not remember that, being yet with you, I said these things to you?6 And now ye know that which restrains, that he should be revealed in his own time.7 For the mystery of lawlessness already works; only {there is} he who restrains now until he be gone,8 and then the lawless one shall be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus shall consume with the breath of his mouth, and shall annul by the appearing of his coming;9 whose coming is according to the working of Satan in all power and signs and wonders of falsehood,10 and in all deceit of unrighteousness to them that perish, because they have not received the love of the truth that they might be saved.11 And for this reason God sends to them a working of error, that they should believe what is false,12 that all might be judged who have not believed the truth, but have found pleasure in unrighteousness.13 But we ought to give thanks to God always for you, brethren beloved of {the} Lord, that God has chosen you from {the} beginning to salvation in sanctification of {the} Spirit and belief of {the} truth:14 whereto he has called you by our glad tidings, to {the} obtaining of {the} glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.15 So then, brethren, stand firm, and hold fast the instructions which ye have been taught, whether by word or by our letter.16 But our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and our God and Father, who has loved us, and given {us} eternal consolation and good hope by grace,17 encourage your hearts, and establish you in every good work and word.

1 Maar ons vra julle, broeders, met die oog op die wederkoms van onse Here Jesus Christus en ons vereniging met Hom,2 om nie gou julle verstand te verloor of verskrik te word nie -- deur gees of deur woord of deur brief wat van ons afkomstig sou wees -- asof die dag van Christus al daar is.3 Laat niemand julle op enige manier mislei nie, want eers moet die afval kom en die mens van sonde geopenbaar word, die seun van die verderf4 die teëstander wat hom verhef bo al wat God genoem word of voorwerp van aanbidding is, sodat hy in die tempel van God as God sal sit en voorgee dat hy God is.5 Onthou julle nie dat ek dit altyd vir julle gesê het toe ek nog by julle was nie?6 En nou, julle weet wat hom teëhou, sodat hy op sy tyd geopenbaar kan word.7 Want die verborgenheid van die ongeregtigheid is al aan die werk, net totdat hy wat nou teëhou, uit die weg geruim is;8 en dan sal die ongeregtige geopenbaar word, hy wat die Here met die asem van sy mond sal verdelg en deur die verskyning van sy wederkoms tot niet sal maak,9 hy wie se koms is volgens die werking van die Satan met allerhande kragtige dade en tekens en wonders van die leuen10 en met allerhande verleiding van ongeregtigheid in die wat verlore gaan, omdat hulle die liefde tot die waarheid nie aangeneem het om gered te word nie.11 En daarom sal God hulle die krag van die dwaling stuur, om die leuen te glo,12 sodat almal geoordeel kan word wat die waarheid nie geglo het nie, maar behae gehad het in die ongeregtigheid.13 Maar ons moet God altyd oor julle dank, broeders wat deur die Here bemin word, dat God julle van die begin af verkies het tot saligheid in heiligmaking van die Gees en geloof in die waarheid,14 waartoe Hy julle geroep het deur ons evangelie om die heerlikheid van onse Here Jesus Christus te verkry.15 So dan, broeders, staan vas en hou julle aan die voorskrifte wat julle geleer is •f deur 'n woord •f deur 'n brief van ons.16 En mag onse Here Jesus Christus self en onse God en Vader, wat ons liefgehad het en 'n ewige troos en goeie hoop in genade gegee het,17 julle harte vertroos en julle versterk in alle goeie woorde en werke!