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Let no one deceive you in any way, because it will not be present unless the apostasy[a] comes first and the man of lawlessness is revealed[b]— the son of [c] destruction, the one opposing and exalting himself over[d] everything being called god or an object-of-worship[e], so that he sits-down[f] in the temple[g] of God displaying[h] himself that he is god.

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

Don’t let anyone deceive you(A) in any way, for that day will not come until the rebellion(B) occurs and the man of lawlessness[a] is revealed,(C) the man doomed to destruction. He will oppose and will exalt himself over everything that is called God(D) or is worshiped, so that he sets himself up in God’s temple, proclaiming himself to be God.(E)

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  1. 2 Thessalonians 2:3 Some manuscripts sin