2 Thessalonians 2 (NET)

2 Thessalonians 2:1¹Now regarding the arrival of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered to be with him, we ask you, brothers and sisters,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Thess 4:14-17Mark 13:27Matt 24:311 Thess 2:191 Thess 3:132 Tim 4:1Matt 25:32Eph 1:10Gen 49:10Rom 12:1

2 Thessalonians 2:2²not to be easily shaken from your composure or disturbed by any kind of spirit or message or letter allegedly from us, to the effect that the day of the Lord is already here.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 John 4:1-2Mark 13:7Matt 24:4-62 Pet 3:4-82 Thess 3:17Luke 21:91 Cor 1:81 Thess 4:152 Pet 2:1-3Jer 23:25-27

2 Thessalonians 2:3³Let no one deceive you in any way. For that day will not arrive until the rebellion comes and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Matt 24:4-61 John 2:18Eph 5:61 Tim 4:1-32 Thess 2:8-10Dan 7:252 Tim 3:1-32 Tim 4:3-4Dan 8:25John 17:12

2 Thessalonians 2:4⁴He opposes and exalts himself above every so-called god or object of worship, and as a result he takes his seat in God’s temple, displaying himself as God.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Dan 7:25Ezek 28:2Isa 14:13-14Rev 13:6-7Ezek 28:6Dan 11:451 Cor 8:5Dan 7:8Dan 8:9-14Dan 11:36

2 Thessalonians 2:5⁵Surely you recall that I used to tell you these things while I was still with you.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Pet 1:15Gal 5:21John 16:4Matt 16:91 Thess 2:112 Thess 3:10Acts 20:31Luke 24:6-7Mark 8:18

2 Thessalonians 2:6⁶And so you know what holds him back, so that he will be revealed in his own time.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Thess 2:32 Thess 2:8

2 Thessalonians 2:7⁷For the hidden power of lawlessness is already at work. However, the one who holds him back will do so until he is taken out of the way,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 John 4:32 Tim 2:17-18Rev 17:71 John 2:18Acts 20:29Rev 17:5Col 2:18-23

2 Thessalonians 2:8⁸and then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord will destroy by the breath of his mouth and wipe out by the manifestation of his arrival.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Thess 2:3Rev 19:20-21Isa 11:4Rev 20:10Rev 19:15Dan 7:10-11Rev 2:16Titus 2:131 John 5:182 Tim 1:10

2 Thessalonians 2:9⁹The arrival of the lawless one will be by Satan’s working with all kinds of miracles and signs and false wonders,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Matt 24:24Rev 19:20Eph 2:22 Cor 11:3John 4:48Mark 13:22Deut 13:1-2Acts 13:10John 8:442 Cor 11:14

2 Thessalonians 2:10¹⁰and with every kind of evil deception directed against those who are perishing, because they found no place in their hearts for the truth so as to be saved.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Cor 1:18Prov 1:72 Cor 4:2-32 Pet 2:12John 8:45-47Rom 16:181 Cor 16:22Eph 4:142 Cor 11:152 Cor 2:17

2 Thessalonians 2:11¹¹Consequently God sends on them a deluding influence so that they will believe what is false.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Rom 1:28John 12:39-431 Tim 4:1Matt 24:11Ezek 21:29Ps 81:11-12Rom 1:21-251 Thess 2:3Matt 24:5Ps 109:17

2 Thessalonians 2:12¹²And so all of them who have not believed the truth but have delighted in evil will be condemned.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Rom 1:32Rom 8:7-8Mark 16:16Rom 2:81 Thess 5:92 Pet 2:13-15Hos 7:3John 3:36Ps 11:5John 3:19-21

2 Thessalonians 2:13¹³But we ought to thank God always for you, brothers and sisters loved by the Lord, because God chose you from the beginning for salvation through sanctification by the Spirit and faith in the truth.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Tim 1:9Eph 1:4-51 Thess 1:41 Thess 5:9Rom 9:11Acts 13:482 Thess 1:3Dan 9:23Isa 46:101 John 4:10

2 Thessalonians 2:14¹⁴He called you to this salvation through our gospel, so that you may possess the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Thess 2:121 Pet 5:101 Thess 1:5Rom 8:171 Pet 1:4-5Rom 2:16Rom 8:28-302 Tim 2:12Eph 1:18John 14:2-3

2 Thessalonians 2:15¹⁵Therefore, brothers and sisters, stand firm and hold on to the traditions that we taught you, whether by speech or by letter.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Cor 11:22 Thess 3:62 Thess 2:21 Cor 16:13Phil 4:1Rom 16:171 Cor 15:582 Thess 3:14Jude 1:3

2 Thessalonians 2:16¹⁶Now may our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father, who loved us and by grace gave us eternal comfort and good hope,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:John 3:16Rom 5:2-51 Pet 1:3-8Titus 3:4-71 Thess 3:11Rom 8:24-25Titus 1:22 Cor 4:17-18Acts 15:11Acts 18:27

2 Thessalonians 2:17¹⁷encourage your hearts and strengthen you in every good thing you do or say.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Thess 3:31 Thess 3:131 Thess 3:21 Cor 1:8Col 2:7Heb 13:9Jude 1:24Rom 15:131 John 3:181 Pet 5:10