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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>2 Thessalonians 2 Godbey New Testament</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-LR4HSKRP2H"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-LR4HSKRP2H'); </script><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/2_thessalonians/2.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/2_thessalonians/2-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">Godbey New Testament</a> > 2 Thess. 2</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="../menu.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../2_thessalonians/1.htm" title="2 Thessalonians 1">◄</a> 2 Thessalonians 2 <a href="../2_thessalonians/3.htm" title="2 Thessalonians 3">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">Godbey New Testament</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/parallel/2_thessalonians/2-1.htm" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Verses"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><A name="2"></a><p class="hdg">The Man of Lawlessness<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_thessalonians/2-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>But we beseech you, brethren, concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and our gathering unto him; <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_thessalonians/2-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>that you be not suddenly shaken from your mind, nor disturbed, whether by a spirit, or through word, or a letter as by us, as that the day of the Lord has come. <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_thessalonians/2-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Let no one deceive you in any way: because unless there may first be an apostasy and the man of lawlessness may be revealed, the son of perdition, <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_thessalonians/2-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>the one opposing and exalting himself above everything that is called God or divinity; so that he sits in the temple of God, showing himself off that he is God. <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_thessalonians/2-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Do you not remember that still being with you, I told you these things? <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_thessalonians/2-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>And now you know that which hinders, that he should be revealed in his time. <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_thessalonians/2-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>For already the mystery of lawlessness is working: only there is one now hindering, until he may be taken out of the midst; <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_thessalonians/2-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>then indeed will the lawless one be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will remove by the spirit of his mouth, and will exterminate by the brightness of his coming; <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_thessalonians/2-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>whose coming is according to the energy of Satan in all power and signs and wonders of falsehood, <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_thessalonians/2-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>and in all the deception of unrighteousness to those who perish; because they did not receive the divine love of the truth, that they might be saved. <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_thessalonians/2-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>And on this account God sends to them the working of delusion, that they should believe a lie: <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_thessalonians/2-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>in order that they may all be condemned who did not believe the truth, but took pleasure in unrighteousness.<p> <A name="14"></a><p class="hdg">Stand Firm<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_thessalonians/2-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>But we ought to give thanks to God always for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God chose you from the beginning unto salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth; <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_thessalonians/2-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>unto which He also called you through our gospel, unto the possession of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_thessalonians/2-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Then therefore, brethren, stand, and hold fast the traditions which you have been taught, whether by word, or by our epistle:<p> <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_thessalonians/2-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>and our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father, the one having loved us and given eternal consolation and good hope through grace, <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_thessalonians/2-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>comfort your hearts, and establish you in every good work and word.<p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Godbey New Testament (1902)<br><br>Digital Text Courtesy <a href="https://theword.net">TheWord.net Bible Software</a>.<br><br>Section Headings Courtesy <a href="https://berean.bible">Berean Bible</a>.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../2_thessalonians/1.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="2 Thessalonians 1"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="2 Thessalonians 1" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../2_thessalonians/3.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="2 Thessalonians 3"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="2 Thessalonians 3" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchapnoad.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>