1Now we beseech you, my brothers, with regard to the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our gathering together to Him, 2that you should not be soon shaken [in] mind or troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word or letter, as through us, as [if] the Day of Christ is at hand. 3Let not anyone deceive you by any means. For [that Day shall not come] unless there first comes a falling away, and the man of sin shall be revealed, the son of perdition, 4who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God, or that is worshiped, so that he sits as God in the temple of God, setting himself forth, that he is God. 5Do you not remember that I told you these things when I was still with you? 6And now you know what holds back, for him to be revealed in his own time. 7For the mystery of lawlessness is already working, only he [is] now holding back until it comes out of the] midst. 8And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the breath of His mouth and shall destroy with the brightness of His coming, 9whose coming is according to the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, 10and with all deceit of unrighteousness in those who perish, because they did not receive the love of the truth, so that they might be saved. 11And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie, 12so that all those who do not believe the truth, but delight in unrighteousness, might be condemned. 13But we are bound to give thanks always to God for you, brothers beloved of the Lord, because God has from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of [the] Spirit and belief of [the] truth, 14to which He called you by our gospel, to the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. 15Therefore, my brothers, stand fast and hold the teachings which you have been taught, whether by word or by our letter. 16Now may our Lord Jesus Christ Himself, and God, even our Father, who has loved us and has given [us] everlasting consolation and good hope through grace, 17comfort your hearts and establish you in every good word and work.