2 Thessalonians 2

NEW JERUSALEM	KING JAMES BIBLE
1 About the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, brothers, and our being gathered to him:	1 Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him,
2 please do not be too easily thrown into confusion or alarmed by any manifestation of the Spirit or anystatement or any letter claiming to come from us, suggesting that the Day of the Lord has already arrived.	2 That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand.
3 Never let anyone deceive you in any way. It cannot happen until the Great Revolt has taken place andthere has appeared the wicked One, the lost One,	3 Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;
4 the Enemy, who raises himself above every so-cal ed God or object of worship to enthrone himself inGod's sanctuary and flaunts the claim that he is God.	4 Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.
5 Surely you remember my tel ing you about this when I was with you?	5 Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things?
6 And you know, too, what is still holding him back from appearing before his appointed time.	6 And now ye know what withholdeth that he might be revealed in his time.
7 The mystery of wickedness is already at work, but let him who is restraining it once be removed,	7 For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way.
8 and the wicked One will appear openly. The Lord wil destroy him with the breath of his mouth and wilannihilate him with his glorious appearance at his coming.	8 And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming:
9 But the coming of the wicked One wil be marked by Satan being at work in al kinds of counterfeitmiracles and signs and wonders,	9 Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,
10 and every wicked deception aimed at those who are on the way to destruction because they would notaccept the love of the truth and so be saved.	10 And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
11 And therefore God sends on them a power that deludes people so that they believe what is false,	11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:
12 and so that those who do not believe the truth and take their pleasure in wickedness may al becondemned.	12 That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
13 But we must always thank God for you, brothers whom the Lord loves, because God chose you fromthe beginning to be saved by the Spirit who makes us holy and by faith in the truth.	13 But we are bound to give thanks alway to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth:
14 Through our gospel he called you to this so that you should claim as your own the glory of our LordJesus Christ.	14 Whereunto he called you by our gospel, to the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.
15 Stand firm, then, brothers, and keep the traditions that we taught you, whether by word of mouth or byletter.	15 Therefore, brethren, stand fast, and hold the traditions which ye have been taught, whether by word, or our epistle.
16 May our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our Father who has given us his love and, through hisgrace, such ceaseless encouragement and such sure hope,	16 Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God, even our Father, which hath loved us, and hath given us everlasting consolation and good hope through grace,
17 encourage you and strengthen you in every good word and deed.	17 Comfort your hearts, and stablish you in every good word and work.