II Thessalonians 2

The Great Apostasy

1 Now, brethren, *Mark 13:26; (1 Thess. 4:15–17)concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ *Matt. 24:31and our gathering together to Him, we ask you, 2 *Matt. 24:4not to be soon shaken in mind or troubled, either by spirit or by word or by letter, as if from us, as though the day of Christ had come. 3 Let no one deceive you by any means; for thatDaywillnotcome*1 Tim. 4:1unless the falling away comes first, and *Dan. 7:25; 8:25; 11:36; 2 Thess. 2:8; Rev. 13:5the man of sin is revealed, *John 17:12the son of perdition, 4 who opposes and *Is. 14:13, 14; Ezek. 28:2exalts himself *1 Cor. 8:5above all that is called God or that is worshiped, so that he sits as God in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God.