^{1 Ref} Now as to the coming of the Lord Jesus Christ, and our meeting with him, it is our desire, my brothers,

^{2 Ref} That you may not be moved in mind or troubled by a spirit, or by a word, or by a letter as from us, with the suggestion that the day of the Lord is even now come;

^{3 Ref} Give no belief to false words: because there will first be a falling away from the faith, and the revelation of the man of sin, the son of destruction,

^{4 Ref} Who puts himself against all authority, lifting himself up over all which is named God or is given worship; so that he takes his seat in the Temple of God, putting himself forward as God.

^{5 Ref} Have you no memory of what I said when I was with you, giving you word of these things?

^{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?