rsv 2Thessalonians:2:1-12 SEEK
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Now concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our assembling to meet him ,
we beg you ,
brethren ,
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not to be quickly shaken in mind or excited ,
either by spirit or by word ,
or by letter purporting to be from us ,
to the effect that the day of the Lord has come .
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Let no one deceive you in any way ;
for that day will not come ,
unless the rebellion comes first ,
and the man of lawlessness is revealed ,
the son of perdition ,
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who opposes and exalts himself against every so-called god or object of worship ,
so that he takes his seat in the temple of God ,
proclaiming himself to be God .
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Do you not remember that when I was still with you I told you this ?
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And you know what is restraining him now so that he may be revealed in his time .
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For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work ;
only he who now restrains it will do so until he is out of the way .
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And then the lawless one will be revealed ,
and the Lord Jesus will slay him with the breath of his mouth and destroy him by his appearing and his coming .
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The coming of the lawless one by the activity of Satan will be with all power and with pretended signs and wonders ,
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and with all wicked deception for those who are to perish ,
because they refused to love the truth and so be saved .
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Therefore God sends upon them a strong delusion ,
to make them believe what is false ,
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so that all may be condemned who did not believe the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness .