2 Thessalonians 2:4

2:4 He9 opposes and exalts himself above every so-called god or object of worship, and as a result he takes his seat10 in God’s temple, displaying himself as God.11

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9	tn Grk “the one who opposes,” describing the figure in v. 3. A new sentence was started here in the translation by supplying the personal pronoun (“he”) and translating the participle ἀντικείμενος (antikeimenos) as a finite verb.
10	sn Allusions to Isa 14:13–14; Dan 11:36; Ezek 28:2–9 respectively.
11	tn Grk “that he is God.”