Darby - II Thessalonians - 2

2:1  Now we beg you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our gathering together to him,

2:2  that ye be not soon shaken in mind, nor troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter, as [if it were] by us, as that the day of the Lord is present.

2:3  Let not any one deceive you in any manner, because [it will not be] unless the apostasy have first come, and the man of sin have been revealed, the son of perdition;

2:4  who opposes and exalts himself on high against all calledGod, or object of veneration; so that he himself sits down in the temple ofGod, shewing himself that he isGod.

2:5  Do ye not remember that, being yet with you, I said these things to you?

2:6  And now ye know that which restrains, that he should be revealed in his own time.

2:7  For the mystery of lawlessness already works; only [there is] he who restrains now until he be gone,

2:8  and then the lawless one shall be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus shall consume with the breath of his mouth, and shall annul by the appearing of his coming;

2:9  whose coming is according to the working of Satan in all power and signs and wonders of falsehood,

2:10  and in all deceit of unrighteousness to them that perish, because they have not received the love of the truth that they might be saved.

2:11  And for this reasonGod sends to them a working of error, that they should believe what is false,

2:12  that all might be judged who have not believed the truth, but have found pleasure in unrighteousness.

2:13  But we ought to give thanks toGod always for you, brethren beloved of [the] Lord, thatGod has chosen you from [the] beginning to salvation in sanctification of [the] Spirit and belief of [the] truth:

2:14  whereto he has called you by our glad tidings, to [the] obtaining of [the] glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.

2:15  So then, brethren, stand firm, and hold fast the instructions which ye have been taught, whether by word or by our letter.

2:16  But our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and ourGod and Father, who has loved us, and given [us] eternal consolation and good hope by grace,

2:17  encourage your hearts, and establish you in every good work and word.