Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming
of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering
together unto him, 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. 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;
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. Remember ye
not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you
these things? And now ye know what
withholdeth that he might be revealed in his
time. For the mystery of iniquity doth already
work: only he who now letteth will let, until he
be taken out of the way. And then shall that
Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall
consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall
destroy with the brightness of his coming:
Even him, whose coming is after the working
of Satan with all power and signs and lying
wonders, And with all deceivableness of
unrighteousness in them that perish; because
they received not the love of the truth, that
they might be saved. And for this cause God
shall send them strong delusion, that they
should believe a lie: That they all might be
damned who believed not the truth, but had
pleasure in unrighteousness.