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not to be so quickly upset[a] or alarmed when someone claims that we said,[b] either by some spirit, conversation, or letter that the Day of the Lord has already come. Do not let anyone deceive you in any way, for it will not come unless the rebellion[c] takes place first and the man of sin,[d] who is destined for destruction,[e] is revealed. He opposes and exalts himself above every so-called god and object of worship. As a result, he seats himself in the sanctuary[f] of God and himself declares that he is God.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Thessalonians 2:2 Lit. shaken in mind
  2. 2 Thessalonians 2:2 Lit. as though by us
  3. 2 Thessalonians 2:3 Or apostasy
  4. 2 Thessalonians 2:3 Other mss. read man of lawlessness
  5. 2 Thessalonians 2:3 Lit. the son of destruction
  6. 2 Thessalonians 2:4 Or temple