2 Thessalonianschapter 2

17 verses · ASV

This chapter sends 327 cross-references outward and receives 500 — heaviest partner: Romans.

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Chapter summary

Now we beseech you, brethren, concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ — be not soon shaken in mind. That day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition. The mystery of iniquity doth already work; only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way. Then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth. Paul charges them to stand fast and hold the traditions they have been taught. Calvin reads the chapter as the apostolic anchor against eschatological alarm.

Drafted from Matthew Henry, Calvin, Gill, Clarke, JFB, and Barnes.

Context

Epistle · Paul — see the 2 Thessalonians overview for the book's full setting.

1 Now we beseech you, brethren, touching the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and our gathering together unto him;

2 to the end that ye be not quickly shaken from your mind, nor yet be troubled, either by spirit, or by word, or by epistle as from us, as that the day of the Lord is just at hand;

3 let no man beguile you in any wise: for it will not be, except the falling away come first, and the man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition,

4 he that opposeth and exalteth himself against all that is called God or that is worshipped; so that he sitteth in the temple of God, setting himself forth as God.

5 Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things?

6 And now ye know that which restraineth, to the end that he may be revealed in his own season.

7 For the mystery of lawlessness doth already work: only there is one that restraineth now, until he be taken out of the way.

8 And then shall be revealed the lawless one, whom the Lord Jesus shall slay with the breath of his mouth, and bring to nought by the manifestation of his coming;

9 even he, whose coming is according to the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,