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 弟兄们， 关于我们主耶稣基督的再来， 和我们到他那里聚集的事， 我们求你们：
2 无论有灵、有话、有冒我们的名的书信， 说主的日子现在到了， 你们都不要轻易动心， 也不要惊慌。
3 不要让人用任何方法迷惑了你们， 因为主的日子来到以前， 必定有背道的事， 并且那不法的人， 就是那沉沦之子， 必定显露出来。
4 他抵挡 神， 抬举自己， 高过一切称为神和受人敬拜的， 甚至坐在 神的殿中， 自称为 神。
5 我还在你们那里的时候， 曾经把这些事告诉你们， 你们不记得吗？
6 现在你们也知道， 那箝制他， 使他到了时候才可以显露出来的是什么。
7 因为那不法的潜力已经发动， 只是现在有一个箝制他的在那里， 直等到那箝制解除了，
8 那时， 这不法的人必要显露出来。主耶稣要用自己口中的气除掉他， 以自己再来所显现的光辉消灭他。
9 这不法的人来到， 是照着撒但的行动， 行各样的异能奇迹和荒诞的事，
10 并且在那些沉沦的人身上， 行各样不义的欺诈， 因为他们不领受爱真理的心， 使他们得救。
11 因此， 神就使错谬的思想运行在他们当中， 让他们相信虚谎，
12 叫所有不信真理倒喜爱不义的人， 都被定罪。
13 主所爱的弟兄们， 我们应该常常为你们感谢 神， 因为他从起初就拣选了你们， 借着圣灵成圣的工作， 和你们对真道的信心， 使你们可以得救。
14 因此， 神借着我们所传的福音呼召你们， 使你们得着我们主耶稣基督的荣耀。
15 所以弟兄们， 你们要站立得稳； 你们所领受的教训， 无论是我们口传的， 或是信上写的， 都要持守。
16 愿我们的主耶稣基督自己， 和那爱我们、开恩把永远的安慰和美好的盼望赐给我们的父 神，
17 安慰你们的心， 并且在一切善行善言上， 坚定你们。