2Thess 2
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Now we beseech you, brethren, touching the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and our
gathering together to him;
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to the end that you be not quickly shaken from your mind, nor yet be troubled, either
by spirit, or by word, or by epistle as from us, as that the day of the Lord is just
at hand;
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let no man beguile you in any wise: for [it will not be,] except the falling away
come first, and the man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition,
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he who opposes and exalts himself against all that is called God or that is worshiped;
so that he sits in the temple of God, setting himself forth as God.
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Remember you not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things?
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And now you know that which restrains, to the end that he may be revealed in his own
season.
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For the mystery of lawlessness does already work: only [there is] one that restrains
now, until he be taken out of the way.
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And then shall be revealed the lawless one, whom the Lord Jesus shall slay with the
breath of his mouth, and bring to nothing by the manifestation of his coming;
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[even he], whose coming is according to the working of Satan with all power and signs
and lying wonders,
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and with all deceit of unrighteousness for them that perish; because they received
not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
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And for this cause God sends them a working of error, that they should believe a lie:
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that they all might be judged who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
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But we are bound to give thanks to God always for you, brethren beloved of the Lord,
for that God chose you from the beginning to salvation in sanctification of the Spirit
and belief of the truth:
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to which he called you through our gospel, to the obtaining of the glory of our Lord
Jesus Christ.
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So then, brethren, stand fast, and hold the traditions which you were taught, whether
by word, or by epistle of ours.
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Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our Father who loved us and gave us eternal
comfort and good hope through grace,
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comfort your hearts and establish them in every good work and word.