2 Thessalonians 2:1

2 Thessalonians 2:1

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1 Now, brethren, ^aconcerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ ^band our gathering together to Him, we ask you,

2 ^anot to be soon shaken in mind or troubled, either by spirit or by word or by letter, as if from us, as though the day of¹ Christ had come.

3 Let no one deceive you by any means; for that Day will not come ^aunless the falling away comes first, and ^bthe man of sin is revealed, ^cthe son of perdition,

4 who opposes and ^aexalts himself ^babove all that is called God or that is worshiped, so that he sits¹ as God in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God.

5 Do you not remember that when I was still with you I told you these things?

6 And now you know what is restraining, that he may be revealed in his own time.

7 For ^athe mystery of lawlessness is already at work; only² He who now restrains will do so until He is taken out of the way.

8 And then the lawless one will be revealed, ^awhom the Lord will consume ^bwith the breath of His mouth and destroy ^cwith the brightness of His coming.

9 The coming of the lawless one is ^aaccording to the working of Satan, with all power, ^bsigns, and lying wonders,

10 and with all unrighteous deception among ^athose who perish, because they did not receive ^bthe love of the truth, that they might be saved.

11 And ^afor this reason God will send them strong delusion, ^bthat they should believe the lie,

12 that they all may be condemned who did not believe the truth but ^ahad pleasure in unrighteousness.

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13 But we are¹ bound to give thanks to God always for you, brethren beloved by the Lord, because God ^afrom the beginning ^bchose you for salvation ^cthrough sanctification by the Spirit and belief in the truth,

14 to which He called you by our gospel, for ^athe obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.

15 Therefore, brethren, ^astand fast and hold ^bthe traditions which you were taught, whether by word or our¹ epistle.

16 Now may our Lord Jesus Christ Himself, and our God and Father, ^awho has loved us and given us everlasting consolation and ^bgood hope by grace,

17 comfort your hearts ^aand establish you in every good word and work.

Commentaries:

Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)

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Touching the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ (uper thv parousiav tou Kuriou hmwn Ihsou Xristou). For erwtwmen, to beseech, see on I Thessalonians 4:1; I Thessalonians 4:12. uper originally meant over, in behalf of, instead of, but here it is used like peri, around, concerning as in II Thessalonians 1:4; I Thessalonians 3:2; I Thessalonians 5:10, common in the papyri (Robertson, Grammar, p. 632). For the distinction between Parousia, Epifaneia (Epiphany), and Apokaluyiv (Revelation) as applied to the Second Coming of Christ see Milligan on Thessalonian Epistles, pp. 145-151, in the light of the papyri. Parousia lays emphasis on the

presence of the Lord with his people, epifaneia on his

manifestation of the power and love of God, apokaluyiv on the

revelation of God's purpose and plan in the Second Coming of the Lord Jesus.

And our gathering together unto him (kai hmwn episunagwghv ep auton). A late word found only in II Macc. 2:7; II Thessalonians 2:1; Hebrews 10:25 till Deissmann (Light from the Ancient East, p. 103) found it on a stele in the island of Syme, off Caria, meaning "collection." Paul is referring to the rapture, mentioned in I Thessalonians 4:15-17, and the being forever with the Lord thereafter. Cf. also Matthew 24:31; Mark 13:27.

**Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing 2 Thessalonians 2:1:**

Matthew 24:3
Acts 17:2
Acts 20:18
1 Corinthians 1:13
1 Thessalonians 2:19
1 Thessalonians 4:1
2 Thessalonians 2:1
2 Thessalonians 3:3
Hebrews 10:25
2 Peter 3:4

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