2Thessalonians:2:1-12

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* Now , brothers , concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our gathering together to Him , we beseech you , * not to be quickly shaken from your mind , nor be disturbed , neither by spirit nor by word nor by letter , as if from us , [as though ] the day of Christ has come . * Let no one deceive you by any means ; for [that day will not come ] unless the falling away comes first , and the man of sin is unveiled , the son of perdition , * who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God , or [every ] object of worship , so that he sits as God in the temple of God , showing himself that he is God . * Do you not remember that while I was still with you , I was telling you these things ? * And now you know that which is restraining , that he may be revealed in his own time . * For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work ; only He who now restrains [will continue ]until one arises from out of [the ] midst . * And then the lawless one will be unveiled , whom the Lord will consume with the breath of His mouth , and will destroy by the brightness of His coming , * whose coming is according to the working of Satan , with all power , signs , and lying wonders , * and in all deception of unrighteousness among those who perish , because they did not receive the love of the truth , that they might be saved . * And because of this , God will send them strong delusion , in order for them to believe the lie , * so that they all might be damned who did not believe the truth , but delighted in unrighteousness .

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