1 Now concerning the ^rcoming of our Lord Jesus Christ and ^sour being gathered together to him, we ask you, brothers,¹ 2 not to be quickly shaken in mind or ^talarmed, either by a spirit or a spoken word, or a letter ^useeming to be from us, to the effect that the ^vday of the Lord has come. 3 Let no one deceive you in any way. For that day will not come, unless the ^wrebellion comes first, and the ^xman of lawlessness² is revealed, the son of destruction,³ 4 who opposes and ^yexalts himself against every ^zso-called god or object of worship, ^aso that he takes his seat in the temple of God, 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 For the mystery of lawlessness is ^balready at work. Only he who now restrains it will do so until he is out of the way. 8 And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will kill ^cwith the breath of his ^dmouth and bring to nothing by the ^eappearance of his coming. 9 The coming of the lawless one is by the activity of Satan with all power and false ^fsigns and wonders, 10 and with all wicked deception for those who are perishing, because they refused to love the truth and so be saved. 11 Therefore ^gGod sends them a strong delusion, so that they may believe what is false, 12 in order that ^hall may be condemned who ⁱdid not believe the truth but ^jhad pleasure in unrighteousness.

13 But we ought always to give thanks to God for you, ^kbrothers beloved by the Lord, because God chose you as the ^lfirstfruits⁴ to be saved, through ^msanctification by the Spirit and belief in the truth. 14 To this he ⁿcalled you through our gospel, so that you may obtain the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. 15 So then, brothers, ^ostand firm and hold to the ^ptraditions that you were taught by us, ^qeither by our spoken word or by our letter.

16 Now may our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our Father, who loved us and gave us eternal comfort and good ^rhope through grace, 17 ^scomfort your hearts and ^testablish them in every good work and word.