^{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?