2 Thessalonians 2:3–10

³Don’t let anyone deceive you^k in any way, for that day will not come until the rebellion^l occurs and the man of lawlessness^a is revealed,^m the man doomed to destruction. ⁴He will oppose and will exalt himself over everything that is called Godⁿ or is worshiped, so that he sets himself up in God’s temple, proclaiming himself to be God.^o

⁵Don’t you remember that when I was with you I used to tell you these things?^{p 6}And now you know what is holding him back,^q so that he may be revealed at the proper time. ⁷For the secret power of lawlessness is already at work; but the one who now holds it back^r will continue to do so till he is taken out of the way. ⁸And then the lawless one will be revealed,^s whom the Lord Jesus will overthrow with the breath of his mouth^t and destroy by the splendor of his coming.^{u 9}The coming of the lawless one will be in accordance with how Satan^v works. He will use all sorts of displays of power through signs and wonders^w that serve the lie, ¹⁰and all the ways that wickedness deceives those who are perishing.^x They perish because they refused to love the truth and so be saved.^y