^{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?

^{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?