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1 Concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered to him, we ask you, brothers and sisters,
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Now we beg you, brothers, concerning the coming of our Lord Yeshua the Messiah, and our gathering together to him,
2 not to become easily unsettled or alarmed by the teaching allegedly from us—whether by a prophecy or by word of mouth or by letter—asserting that the day of the Lord has already come.
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to the end that you won't be quickly shaken in your mind, nor yet be troubled, either by spirit, or by word, or by letter as from us, saying that the day of Messiah had come.
3 Don’t let anyone deceive you in any way, for that day will not come until the rebellion occurs and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the man doomed to destruction.
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Let no one deceive you in any way. For it will not be, unless the falling away comes first, and the man of sin is revealed, the son of destruction,
4 He will oppose and will exalt himself over everything that is called God or is worshiped, so that he sets himself up in God’s temple, proclaiming himself to be God.
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he who opposes and exalts himself against all that is called God or that is worshiped; so that he sits as God in the temple of God, setting himself up as God.
5 Don’t you remember that when I was with you I used to tell you these things?
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Don't you remember that, when I was still with you, I told you these things?
6 And now you know what is holding him back, so that he may be revealed at the proper time.
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Now you know what is restraining him, to the end that he may be revealed in his own season.
7 For the secret power of lawlessness is already at work; but the one who now holds it back will continue to do so till he is taken out of the way.
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For the mystery of lawlessness does already work. Only there is one who restrains now, until he is taken out of the way.
8 And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will overthrow with the breath of his mouth and destroy by the splendor of his coming.
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Then will the lawless one be revealed, whom the Lord will kill with the breath of his mouth, and bring to nothing by the brightness of his coming;
9 The coming of the lawless one will be in accordance with how Satan works. He will use all sorts of displays of power through signs and wonders that serve the lie,
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even he whose coming is according to the working of Hasatan with all power and signs and lying wonders,
10 and all the ways that wickedness deceives those who are perishing. They perish because they refused to love the truth and so be saved.
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and with all deception of wickedness for those who are being lost, because they didn't receive the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
11 For this reason God sends them a powerful delusion so that they will believe the lie
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Because of this, God sends them a working of error, that they should believe a lie;
12 and so that all will be condemned who have not believed the truth but have delighted in wickedness.
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that they all might be judged who didn't believe the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
13 But we ought always to thank God for you, brothers and sisters loved by the Lord, because God chose you as firstfruits to be saved through the sanctifying work of the Spirit and through belief in the truth.
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But we are bound to always give thanks to God for you, brothers loved by the Lord, because God chose you from the beginning for salvation in sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth;
14 He called you to this through our gospel, that you might share in the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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whereunto he called you through our Good News, to the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Yeshua the Messiah.
15 So then, brothers and sisters, stand firm and hold fast to the teachings we passed on to you, whether by word of mouth or by letter.
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So then, brothers, stand firm, and hold the traditions which you were taught by us, whether by word, or by letter.
16 May our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father, who loved us and by his grace gave us eternal encouragement and good hope,
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Now our Lord Yeshua the Messiah himself, and God, our Father, who loved us and gave us eternal comfort and good hope through grace,
17 encourage your hearts and strengthen you in every good deed and word.
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comfort your hearts and establish you in every good work and word.
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