^{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 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?