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When he left the Thessalonians to share the gospel elsewhere, the apostle Paul feared that these Christians would be overwhelmed by false teachers, persecution, and temptations. He wrote two letters to encourage them to remain faithful. These letters offer rich hope and remain good reading for Christians faced with challenges to their faith.

English apostasy. But the following verses, especially verses 10 to 12, indicate that Paul is talking about a denial or desertion from the truth of salvation. In the Old Testament this word referred to unfaithfulness to God or the denial of God. In the only other place where it is used in the New Testament, Acts 1:21, it also refers to a turning away or desertion. The second event that must take place is the revelation of a “man of sin.” The NIV takes the reading “man of lawlessness,” which is found
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