2Thessalonians:2

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* WITH regard to the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered to meet him , I beg you , brethren , * not to be quickly unsettled in mind nor excited by either a revelation or by a message or a letter supposed to be from us , to the effect that the day of the Lord is close at hand . * Let no one lead you astray in any way , because it will not come until the Apostasy has first come and the Man of Lawlessness has been revealed \'97 the Son of Perdition , * who opposes and exalts himself above everything called God and every object of worship , so that he enters the Temple of God and seats himself there , declaring that he himself is God . * Do you not remember that while I was still with you I used to tell you this ? * And now you know what is restraining him until he is revealed at his appointed time . * For the mystery of lawlessness is already working , only there is just now one who is restraining it until he passes out of the way . * And then the Lawless One will be revealed . But the Lord Jesus will sweep him away with the breath of his mouth and will make him powerless by the splendor of his coming . * For his coming will be when Satan is active in every sort of power and in false signs and wonders * and in every kind of wicked deception of those who are perishing , because they did not receive the love of the truth so that they might be saved . * For this reason God sends to them a deceptive influence so that they believe a lie , * that all who have not believed the truth but have delighted in wickedness may be condemned . * We ought always to thank God for you , brethren , beloved by the Lord , because God chose you from the beginning for salvation through the Spirit 's making you holy and your own faith in the truth . * To this he called you through the good news that we brought , so that you may share the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ . * Now then , brethren , stand firm and hold fast the teachings that you have been taught whether by our words or by our letter . * May our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father , who loved us and gave us eternal encouragement and good hope through grace , * encourage your hearts and make you strong in every good word and work .

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