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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 Worsley's 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="../">WNT</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">Worsley's 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 as to the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and our gathering together unto Him, <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_thessalonians/2-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>we beseech you, brethren, that ye be not soon moved from your <i>steadiness of</i> mind, or troubled, neither by Spirit, nor by word, nor by letter, as from us, that the day of Christ is at hand. <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_thessalonians/2-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Let not any <i>one</i> deceive you by any means; for <i>it shall not come</i> till there come an apostasy first, and the man of sin be revealed, <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_thessalonians/2-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>the son of perdition, who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or the object of worship; so that he sits as God in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God. <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_thessalonians/2-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Do ye not remember, that when I was 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 ye know what now hindereth him from being revealed in his own time. <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_thessalonians/2-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>For the mystery of iniquity is already working, only there is one that hindreth till he be taken out of the way. <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_thessalonians/2-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>And then the wicked <i>one</i> shall be detected, whom the Lord will destroy by the breath of his mouth, and abolish 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>who comes, through the efficacy of Satan, with all <i>kind of</i> lying power, and signs, <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_thessalonians/2-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>and wonders, and with all iniquitous fraud, among those that <i>shall</i> perish; because they received not the love of the truth, by which they might be saved. <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_thessalonians/2-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>And for this <i>cause</i> God will send <i>upon</i> them the efficacy of error, so that they shall <i>themselves</i> believe the lie: <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_thessalonians/2-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>that they may all be condemned, who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in iniquity.<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 always to give thanks to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord; because God hath from the beginning chosen you to 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>to which He hath called you by our gospel, to the obtaining 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>Therefore, brethren, be steady, and hold fast the traditions, which ye have been taught, whether by word or by our letter.<p> <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_thessalonians/2-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>And may our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and our God and Father, who hath loved us, and hath given <i>us</i> everlasting consolation, and good hope through grace, comfort your hearts, <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_thessalonians/2-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>and establish you in every good word and work.<p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Worsley's New Testament (1770)<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>