3 Let no one deceive you by any means; for thatDaywillnotcome1 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.
5 Do you not remember that when I was still with you I told you these things? 6 And now you know what is restraining, that he may be revealed in his own time. 7 For 1 John 2:18the mystery of lawlessness is already at work; only He who now restrains willdoso until He is taken out of the way. 8 And then the lawless one will be revealed, Dan. 7:10whom the Lord will consume Is. 11:4; Rev. 2:16; 19:15with the breath of His mouth and destroy Heb. 10:27with the brightness of His coming.