⁹The man of sin will come with the power of Satan. He will use every kind of power, including miraculous and wonderful signs. But they will be lies. ¹⁰He will use everything that God disapproves of to deceive those who are dying, those who refused to love the truth that would save them. ¹¹That’s why God will send them a powerful delusion so that they will believe a lie. ¹²Then everyone who did not believe the truth, but was delighted with what God disapproves of, will be condemned.

Paul Encourages the Thessalonians

¹³We always have to thank God for you, brothers and sisters. You are loved by the Lord and we thank God that in the beginning he chose you to be saved through a life of spiritual devotion and faith in the truth. ¹⁴With this in mind he called you by the Good News which we told you so that you would obtain the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.

¹⁵Then, brothers and sisters, firmly hold on to the traditions we taught you either when we spoke to you or in our letter.

¹⁶God our Father loved us and by his kindness^agave us everlasting encouragement and good hope. Together with our Lord Jesus Christ, ¹⁷may he encourage and strengthen you to do and say everything that is good.

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2 Thessalonians 2:14: To this he called you through our gospel, so that you may obtain the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Footnotes

a 2:16 Or “grace.”