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that you not be quickly shaken from your understanding nor alarmed— neither by a spirit[a], nor by a word, nor by a letter as-if through us, how that the day of the Lord is present[b]. Let no one deceive you in any way, because it will not be present unless the apostasy[c] comes first and the man of lawlessness is revealed[d]— the son of [e] destruction, the one opposing and exalting himself over[f] everything being called god or an object-of-worship[g], so that he sits-down[h] in the temple[i] of God displaying[j] himself that he is god.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Thessalonians 2:2 That is, a spoken spiritual manifestation.
  2. 2 Thessalonians 2:2 Or, has come, is here.
  3. 2 Thessalonians 2:3 Or, rebellion, falling away, abandonment.
  4. 2 Thessalonians 2:3 Or, disclosed, made known.
  5. 2 Thessalonians 2:3 That is, belonging to, destined for.
  6. 2 Thessalonians 2:4 Or, above, against.
  7. 2 Thessalonians 2:4 Or, object-of-veneration.
  8. 2 Thessalonians 2:4 Or, takes his seat.
  9. 2 Thessalonians 2:4 That is, the visible church; or, the Jerusalem temple.
  10. 2 Thessalonians 2:4 Or, showing, exhibiting, proving, attesting.

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