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

^{2 Ref} That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand.

^{3 Ref} Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;

^{4 Ref} Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.

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

^{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?