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

^{2 Ref} 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 Ref} 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 Ref} 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 Ref} Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things?

^{1 Ref} Now, brothers, concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and our gathering together to him, we ask you

^{2 Ref} not to be quickly shaken in your mind, nor yet be troubled, either by spirit, or by word, or by letter as from us, saying that the day of Christ had come.

^{3 Ref} Let no one deceive you in any way. For it will not be, unless the departure comes first, and the man of sin is revealed, the son of destruction,

^{4 Ref} he who opposes and exalts himself against all that is called God or that is worshiped; so that he sits as God in the temple of God, setting himself up as God.

^{5 Ref} Don't you remember that, when I was still with you, I told you these things?