2 Thessalonians 2:2–9

²not to be easily upset in mind or troubled, either by a spirit ^bor by a message or by a letter as if from us, alleging that the Day of the Lord ^cdhas come. ^e3Don’t let anyone deceive you in any way. For that day will not come unless the apostasy ^fcomes first and the man of lawlessness ^gis revealed, the son of destruction. ⁴He opposes and exalts himself above every so-called god ^hor object of worship, ⁱso that he sits ^jin God’s sanctuary, ^kpublicizing that he himself is God.

⁵Don’t you remember that when I was still with you I told you about this? ⁶And you know what currently restrains him, so that he will be revealed in his time. ^l7For the mystery of lawlessness ^mis 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. The Lord Jesus will destroy him with the breath of His mouth ⁿand will bring him to nothing with the brightness of His coming. ⁹The coming of the lawless one is based on Satan’s working, with all kinds of false miracles, signs, and wonders, ^o