2 Thessalonians 22 Thessalonians2

Berean Standard BibleKing James Version

1. The Man of Lawlessness

2. 1BSBNow concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered together to Him, we ask you, brothers,KJVKJV: Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him,
3. 2BSBnot to be easily disconcerted or alarmed by any spirit or message or letter seeming to be from us, alleging that the Day of the Lord has already come.KJVKJV: That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand.
4. 3BSBLet no one deceive you in any way, for it will not come until the rebellion occurs and the man of lawlessness—the son of destruction—is revealed.KJVKJV: Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;
5. 4BSBHe will oppose and exalt himself above every so-called god or object of worship. So he will seat himself in the temple of God, proclaiming himself to be God.KJVKJV: Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.
6. 5BSBDo you not remember that I told you these things while I was still with you?KJVKJV: Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things?
7. 6BSBAnd you know what is now restraining him, so that he may be revealed at the proper time.KJVKJV: And now ye know what withholdeth that he might be revealed in his time.
8. 7BSBFor the mystery of lawlessness is already at work, but the one who now restrains it will continue until he is taken out of the way.KJVKJV: For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way.
9. 8BSBAnd then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will slay with the breath of His mouth and annihilate by the majesty of His arrival.KJVKJV: And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming:
10. 9BSBThe coming of the lawless one will be accompanied by the working of Satan, with every kind of power, sign, and false wonder,KJVKJV: Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,
11. 10BSBand with every wicked deception directed against those who are perishing, because they refused the love of the truth that would have saved them.KJVKJV: And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
12. 11BSBFor this reason God will send them a powerful delusion so that they believe the lie,KJVKJV: And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:
13. 12BSBin order that judgment may come upon all who have disbelieved the truth and delighted in wickedness.KJVKJV: That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.

14. Stand Firm

15. 13BSBBut we should always thank God for you, brothers who are loved by the Lord, because God chose you from the beginning to be saved by the sanctification of the Spirit and by faith in the truth.KJVKJV: But we are bound to give thanks alway to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth:
16. 14BSBTo this He called you through our gospel, so that you may share in the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.KJVKJV: Whereunto he called you by our gospel, to the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.
17. 15BSBTherefore, brothers, stand firm and cling to the traditions we taught you, whether by speech or by letter.KJVKJV: Therefore, brethren, stand fast, and hold the traditions which ye have been taught, whether by word, or our epistle.
18. 16BSBNow may our Lord Jesus Christ Himself and God our Father, who by grace has loved us and given us eternal comfort and good hope,KJVKJV: Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God, even our Father, which hath loved us, and hath given us everlasting consolation and good hope through grace,
19. 17BSBencourage your hearts and strengthen you in every good word and deed.KJVKJV: Comfort your hearts, and stablish you in every good word and work.