| Berean Study Bible | Holman Christian Standard Bible |
| 1Now concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered together to Him, we ask you, brothers, | 1Now concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered to Him: We ask you, brothers, |
| 2not to be easily disconcerted or alarmed by any spirit or message or letter seeming to be from us, alleging that the Day of the Lord has already come. | 2not to be easily upset in mind or troubled, either by a spirit or by a message or by a letter as if from us, alleging that the Day of the Lord has come. |
| 3Let no one deceive you in any way, for it will not come until the rebellion occurs and the man of lawlessness—the son of destruction—is revealed. | 3Don't let anyone deceive you in any way. For that day will not come unless the apostasy comes first and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction. |
| 4He will oppose and exalt himself above every so-called god or object of worship. So he will seat himself in the temple of God, proclaiming himself to be God. | 4He opposes and exalts himself above every so-called god or object of worship, so that he sits in God's sanctuary, publicizing that he himself is God. |
| 5Do you not remember that I told you these things while I was still with you? | 5Don't you remember that when I was still with you I told you about this? |
| 6And you know what is now restraining him, so that he may be revealed at the proper time. | 6And you know what currently restrains him, so that he will be revealed in his time. |
| 7For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work, but the one who now restrains it will continue until he is taken out of the way. | 7For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work, but the one now restraining will do so until he is out of the way, |
| 8And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will slay with the breath of His mouth and annihilate by the majesty of His arrival. | 8and then the lawless one will be revealed. The Lord Jesus will destroy him with the breath of His mouth and will bring him to nothing with the brightness of His coming. |
| 9The coming of the lawless one will be accompanied by the working of Satan, with every kind of power, sign, and false wonder, | 9The coming of the lawless one is based on Satan's working, with all kinds of false miracles, signs, and wonders, |
| 10and with every wicked deception directed against those who are perishing, because they refused the love of the truth that would have saved them. | 10and with every unrighteous deception among those who are perishing. They perish because they did not accept the love of the truth in order to be saved. |
| 11For this reason God will send them a powerful delusion so that they believe the lie, | 11For this reason God sends them a strong delusion so that they will believe what is false, |
| 12in order that judgment may come upon all who have disbelieved the truth and delighted in wickedness. | 12so that all will be condemned--those who did not believe the truth but enjoyed unrighteousness. |
| 13But we should always thank God for you, brothers who are loved by the Lord, because God has chosen you from the beginning to be saved by the sanctification of the Spirit and by faith in the truth. | 13But we must always thank God for you, brothers loved by the Lord, because from the beginning God has chosen you for salvation through sanctification by the Spirit and through belief in the truth. |
| 14To this He called you through our gospel, so that you may share in the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. | 14He called you to this through our gospel, so that you might obtain the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. |
| 15Therefore, brothers, stand firm and cling to the traditions we taught you, whether by speech or by letter. | 15Therefore, brothers, stand firm and hold to the traditions you were taught, either by our message or by our letter. |
| 16Now may our Lord Jesus Christ Himself and God our Father, who by grace has loved us and given us eternal comfort and good hope, | 16May our Lord Jesus Christ Himself and God our Father, who has loved us and given us eternal encouragement and good hope by grace, |
| 17encourage your hearts and strengthen you in every good word and deed. | 17encourage your hearts and strengthen you in every good work and word. |
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