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| 1Now concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered together to him, we ask you, brothers, | 1Now we ask you, brothers, regarding the coming of our Lord Jesus, the Messiah, and our gathering together to him, |
| 2not to be quickly shaken in mind or alarmed, either by a spirit or a spoken word, or a letter seeming to be from us, to the effect that the day of the Lord has come. | 2not to be so quickly upset or alarmed when someone claims that we said, either by some spirit, conversation, or letter that the Day of the Lord has already come. |
| 3Let 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 destruction, | 3Do not let anyone deceive you in any way, for it will not come unless the rebellion takes place first and the man of sin, who is destined for destruction, is revealed. |
| 4who 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. | 4He opposes and exalts himself above every so-called god and object of worship. As a result, he seats himself in the sanctuary of God and himself declares that he is God. |
| 5Do you not remember that when I was still with you I told you these things? | 5Don't you remember that I repeatedly told you about these things when I was still with you? |
| 6And you know what is restraining him now so that he may be revealed in his time. | 6You know what it is that is now holding him back, so that he will be revealed when his time comes. |
| 7For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work. Only he who now restrains it will do so until he is out of the way. | 7For the secret of this lawlessness is already at work, but only until the person now holding it back gets out of the way. |
| 8And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will kill with the breath of his mouth and bring to nothing by the appearance of his coming. | 8Then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord will destroy with the breath of his mouth, rendering him powerless by the manifestation of his coming. |
| 9The coming of the lawless one is by the activity of Satan with all power and false signs and wonders, | 9The coming of the lawless one will be accompanied by the power of Satan. He will use every kind of power, including miraculous signs, lying wonders, |
| 10and with all wicked deception for those who are perishing, because they refused to love the truth and so be saved. | 10and every type of evil to deceive those who are dying, those who refused to love the truth that would save them. |
| 11Therefore God sends them a strong delusion, so that they may believe what is false, | 11For this reason, God will send them a powerful delusion so that they will believe the lie. |
| 12in order that all may be condemned who did not believe the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness. | 12Then all who have not believed the truth but have taken pleasure in unrighteousness will be condemned. |
| 13But we ought always to give thanks to God for you, brothers beloved by the Lord, because God chose you as the firstfruits to be saved, through sanctification by the Spirit and belief in the truth. | 13At all times we are obligated to thank God for you, brothers who are loved by the Lord, because God chose you to be the first fruits for salvation through sanctification by the Spirit and through faith in the truth. |
| 14To this he called you through our gospel, so that you may obtain the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. | 14With this purpose in mind, he called you through our proclamation of the gospel so that you would obtain the glory of our Lord Jesus, the Messiah. |
| 15So then, brothers, stand firm and hold to the traditions that you were taught by us, either by our spoken word or by our letter. | 15So then, brothers, stand firm, and cling to the traditions that you were taught by us, either by word of mouth or by our letter. |
| 16Now may our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our Father, who loved us and gave us eternal comfort and good hope through grace, | 16May our Lord Jesus, the Messiah himself, and may God our Father, who loved us and by his grace gave us eternal comfort and good hope, |
| 17comfort your hearts and establish them in every good work and word. | 17encourage your hearts and strengthen you in every good action and word. |
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