1 N ow, brethren, concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our gathering together to Him, we ask you,

Now we beseech you, brethren, touching the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and our gathering together unto him;

2 n ot to be soon shaken in mind or troubled, either by spirit or by word or by letter, as if from us, as though the day of Christ had come.

to the end that ye 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;

3 L et no one deceive you by any means; for that Day will not come unless the falling away comes first, and the man of sin is revealed, the son of perdition,

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,

4 w ho opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God or that is worshiped, so that he sits as God in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God.

he that opposeth and exalteth himself against all that is called God or that is worshipped; so that he sitteth in the temple of God, setting himself forth as God.

5 D o you not remember that when I was still with you I told you these things?

Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things?

6 A nd now you know what is restraining, that he may be revealed in his own time.

And now ye know that which restraineth, to the end that he may be revealed in his own season.

7 F or the mystery of lawlessness is already at work; only He who now restrains will do so until He is taken out of the way.

For the mystery of lawlessness doth already work: only there is one that restraineth now, until he be taken out of the way.

8 A nd then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord will consume with the breath of His mouth and destroy with the brightness of His coming.

And then shall be revealed the lawless one, whom the Lord Jesus shall slay with the breath of his mouth, and bring to nought by the manifestation of his coming;

9 T he coming of the lawless one is according to the working of Satan, with all power, signs, and lying wonders,

even he, whose coming is according to the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,

10 a nd with all unrighteous deception among those who perish, because they did not receive the love of the truth, that they might be saved.

and with all deceit of unrighteousness for them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.

11 A nd for this reason God will send them strong delusion, that they should believe the lie,

And for this cause God sendeth them a working of error, that they should believe a lie:

12 t hat they all may be condemned who did not believe the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness. Stand Fast

that they all might be judged who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.

13 B ut we are bound to give thanks to God always for you, brethren beloved by the Lord, because God from the beginning chose you for salvation through sanctification by the Spirit and belief in the truth,

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 unto salvation in sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth:

14 t o which He called you by our gospel, for the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.

whereunto he called you through our gospel, to the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.

15 T herefore, brethren, stand fast and hold the traditions which you were taught, whether by word or our epistle.

So then, brethren, stand fast, and hold the traditions which ye were taught, whether by word, or by epistle of ours.

16 N ow may our Lord Jesus Christ Himself, and our God and Father, who has loved us and given us everlasting consolation and good hope by grace,

Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our Father who loved us and gave us eternal comfort and good hope through grace,

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

comfort your hearts and establish them in every good work and word.