⁷ For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work, but only until the one who now restrains it is removed.^(A)

²² Who is the liar but the one who denies that Jesus is the Christ?^[a] This is the antichrist, the one who denies the Father and the Son.

⁴ for whatever is born of God conquers the world. And this is the victory that conquers the world, our faith.^(A)

⁷ Many deceivers have gone out into the world, those who do not confess that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh; any such person is the deceiver and the antichrist!^(A)