2 Thessalonians 2:1–12

Now we beseech you, brethren, ^aby the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by ^bour gathering together unto him, ²That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or ^cbe troubled, neither ^dby spirit, nor ^eby word, nor ^eby letter as from us, as that ^fthe day of Christ is at hand. ^3gLet no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, ^hexcept there come ⁱa falling away first, and ^jthat man of sin be revealed, ^kthe son of perdition; ⁴Who opposeth and ^jexalteth himself above all ^lthat is called God, or ^mthat is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God. ⁵ⁿRemember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things? ⁶And now ye know what ^||owithholdeth that he might be revealed in his time. ⁷For ^pthe mystery of ^qiniquity doth already work: only he who now ^oletteth will let, until he be taken out of the way. ⁸And then shall that ^jqWicked be revealed, ^rwhom the Lord shall consume ^swith the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with ^tthe brightness of ^ahis coming: ⁹Even him, whose coming is ^uafter the working of ^wSatan ^xwith all power and ^ysigns and lying ^ywonders, ¹⁰And with all deceivableness of ^zunrighteousness in ^athem that perish; because they received not ^bthe love of ^zthe truth, that they might be saved. ¹¹And for this cause ^cGod shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe ^da lie: ¹²That they all might be damned who ^ebelieved not ^zthe truth, but ^fhad pleasure in ^zunrighteousness.