^{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} And we ask you, brethren, in regard to the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ, and of our gathering together unto him,

^{2 Ref} that ye be not quickly shaken in mind, nor be troubled, neither through spirit, neither through word, neither through letters as through us, as that the day of Christ hath arrived;

^{3 Ref} let not any one deceive you in any manner, because -- if the falling away may not come first, and the man of sin be revealed -- the son of the destruction,

^{4 Ref} who is opposing and is raising himself up above all called God or worshipped, so that he in the sanctuary of God as God hath sat down, shewing himself off that he is God -- `the day doth not come'.

^{5 Ref} Do ye not remember that, being yet with you, these things I said to you?

^{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?