1 ¶ Now we beseech you, brethren, regarding the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered together unto him,

And we ask you, brethren, in regard to the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ, and of our gathering together unto him,

2 t hat ye not be easily shaken in understanding or be troubled neither by spirit nor by word nor by letter as from us, as if the day of Christ is at hand.

that ye be not quickly shaken in mind, nor be troubled, neither through spirit, neither through word, neither through letters as through us, as that the day of Christ hath arrived;

3 ¶ Let no one 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,

let not any one deceive you in any manner, because -- if the falling away may not come first, and the man of sin be revealed -- the son of the destruction,

4 o pposing and exalting himself against all that is called God, or divinity, so that he as God sits in the temple of God, making himself appear to be God.

who is opposing and is raising himself up above all called God or worshipped, so that he in the sanctuary of God as God hath sat down, shewing himself off that he is God --.

5 R emember ye not, that when I was yet with you, I told you these things?

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

6 A nd ye know what impedes this now, that he might be revealed in his time.

and now, what is keeping down ye have known, for his being revealed in his own time,

7 F or the mystery of iniquity is already working, except that he who dominates now will dominate until he is taken out of the way.

for the secret of the lawlessness doth already work, only he who is keeping down now -- till he may be out of the way,

8 A nd then shall that Wicked one be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the Spirit of his mouth and remove with the clarity of his coming:

and then shall be revealed the Lawless One, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the manifestation of his presence,

9 t hat wicked one, who shall come by the working of Satan with great power and signs and lying miracles,

whose presence is according to the working of the Adversary, in all power, and signs, and lying wonders,

10 a nd with all deception of iniquity working in those that perish because they did not receive the charity of the truth, to be saved.

and in all deceitfulness of the unrighteousness in those perishing, because the love of the truth they did not receive for their being saved,

11 T herefore, for this cause, God shall send the operation of error in them, that they should believe the lie;

and because of this shall God send to them a working of delusion, for their believing the lie,

12 t hat they all might be condemned who did not believe the truth, but consented to the iniquity.

that they may be judged -- all who did not believe the truth, but were well pleased in the unrighteousness.

13 ¶ But we should always give thanks to God for you, brethren, beloved of the Lord, because God has from the beginning chosen you to saving health through the sanctification of the Spirit and faith in the truth,

And we -- we ought to give thanks to God always for you, brethren, beloved by the Lord, that God did choose you from the beginning to salvation, in sanctification of the Spirit, and belief of the truth,

14 u nto which he called you by our gospel, to the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.

to which He did call you through our good news, to the acquiring of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ;

15 T herefore, brethren, stand fast and retain the doctrine which ye have been taught, whether by word or our epistle.

so, then, brethren, stand ye fast, and hold the deliverances that ye were taught, whether through word, whether through our letter;

16 ¶ Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God, even our Father, who has loved us and has given us eternal consolation and good hope through grace,

and may our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and our God and Father, who did love us, and did give comfort age-during, and good hope in grace,

17 c omfort your hearts and confirm you in every good word and work.

comfort your hearts, and establish you in every good word and work.