1 Now concerningaSee 1 Thess. 2:19 the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and ourb[Matt. 24:31; 1 Thess. 4:15-17] being gathered together to him, we ask you, brothers, 2 not to be quickly shaken in mind orcMatt. 24:6; Mark 13:7 alarmed, eitherd[1 John 4:1] by a spirit or aever. 15; [1 Thess. 5:2] spoken word, orever. 15; [1 Thess. 5:2] a letter seeming to be from us, to the effect thatfSee 1 Cor. 1:8 the day of the Lord has come. 3 gEph. 5:6 Let no one deceive you in any way. For that day will not come,h1 Tim. 4:1 unless the rebellion comes first, andi[ver. 8; Dan. 7:25; 8:25; 11:36; Rev. 13:5, 6] the man of lawlessness is revealed,jJohn 17:12; [Matt. 23:15] the son of destruction, 4 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,k[Isa. 14:14; Ezek. 28:2] proclaiming himself to be God. 5 Do you not remember that when I was still with you I told you these things? 6 And you know what is restraining him now so that he may be revealed in his time. 7 ForlRev. 17:5, 7 the mystery of lawlessnessm1 John 2:18; 4:3 is already at work. Only he who now restrains it will do so until he is out of the way. 8 And thennSee ver. 3 the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesuso[Dan. 7:10, 11] will kill withpIsa. 11:4 the breath of his mouth and bring to nothing byq[1 Tim. 6:14; 2 Tim. 1:10; 4:1, 8; Titus 2:13] the appearance of his coming. 9 The coming of the lawless one is by the activity of Satanr[Rev. 13:14]; See Matt. 24:24 with all power and false signs and wonders, 10 and with all wicked deception forsSee 1 Cor. 1:18 those who are perishing, because they refused to love the truth and so be saved. 11 Thereforet[1 Kgs. 22:22; Ezek. 14:9; Rev. 17:17] God sends them a strong delusion, so that they may believeu[1 Thess. 2:3; 1 Tim. 4:2]; See Rom. 1:25 what is false, 12 in order that all may be condemnedvRom. 2:8 who did not believe the truth butwSee Rom. 1:32 had pleasure in unrighteousness.
13 Butxch. 1:3 we ought always to give thanks to God for you,y1 Thess. 1:4; [Deut. 33:12] brothers beloved by the Lord, because God chose youzEph. 1:4 as the firstfruitsa1 Thess. 5:9; [2 Tim. 1:9] to be saved,bSee 1 Thess. 4:3 through sanctification by the Spirit and belief in the truth. 14 To this he called you throughc1 Thess. 1:5 our gospel,a[See ver. 13 above] so that you may obtain the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. 15 So then, brothers,dSee 1 Cor. 16:13 stand firm and hold toech. 3:6; 1 Cor. 11:2 the traditions that you were taught by us, eitherfver. 2 by our spoken word or byfver. 2 our letter.
16 Now may our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our Father,gJohn 3:16; 1 John 4:10; Rev. 1:5 who loved us and gave us eternal comfort and goodh1 Pet. 1:3 hope through grace, 17 comfort your hearts andich. 3:3; 1 Thess. 3:13 establish them in every good work and word.