2 Thessalonians 2:3

3 1Let no one deceive you in any way. For that day will not come, 2unless the rebellion comes first, and 3the man of lawlessness[a] is revealed, 4the son of destruction,[b]

2 Thessalonians 2:3 In-Context

1 Now concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered together to him, we ask you, brothers,
2 not to be quickly shaken in mind or alarmed, either by a spirit or a spoken word, or a letter seeming to be from us, to the effect that the day of the Lord has come.
3 Let no one deceive you in any way. For that day will not come, unless the rebellion comes first, and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction,
4 who opposes and exalts himself against every so-called god or object of worship, so that he takes his seat in the temple of God, proclaiming himself to be God.
5 Do you not remember that when I was still with you I told you these things?

Cross References 4

  • 1. Ephesians 5:6
  • 2. 1 Timothy 4:1
  • 3. [ver. 8; Daniel 7:25; Daniel 8:25; Daniel 11:36; Revelation 13:5, 6]
  • 4. John 17:12; [Matthew 23:15]

Footnotes 2

  • [a]. Some manuscripts sin
  • [b]. Greek the son of perdition (a Hebrew idiom)
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