¹ Now brethren, we request of you°, on behalf of the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ and our gathering-together at {i.e., to, with} him,

² $that$ you° might not be quickly shaken from the mind of yours°, nor be alarmed (either through spirit, or through word, or through letter, as if it came through us), as that the day of the Christ is present.

³ Do not let anyone deceive you° in any manner, because that day will not come, if the apostasy does not come first and the man of sin, the son of destruction, should be revealed.

⁴ This is he who lays in opposition to us and promotes himself against everyone being called$ a god or worshiped object, so-as to sit in the temple of God as a god, showing that he himself is a god.

⁵ Do you° not remember that while still being with you°, I was speaking to you° about these things?

⁶ And you° know what is now holding him back, $that$ he himself may be revealed in his own time.

⁷ For$ the mystery of the lawlessness is already working; only the one is holding it back now, until he should come$ from the midst of us.

⁸ And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord will be consuming with the breath of his mouth and will be doing-away-with him in the appearing of his presence,

⁹ even him, whose presence is according-to the working of the Adversary in all power and signs and lying wonders,

¹⁰ and in all deception of the unrighteousness in the ones perishing, because they did not accept the love$ of the truth, $that$ they might be saved.

¹¹ And because of this, God will be sending them a working of error, $that$ they should believe in the lie,

¹² in-order-that they all might be judged who did not believe in the truth, but were delighted in unrighteousness.

¹³ But we ought to give-thanks to God always concerning you° brethren, beloved by the Lord, that God selected you° for himself from the beginning to salvation in holiness of the Spirit and in faith of the truth,

¹⁴ to which he called you° through our good-news, $for the acquisition of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.

¹⁵ Therefore, consequently$, brethren, stand-firm° and hold-fast° the traditions which you° were taught, whether through speech or through our letter.

¹⁶ Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself and the God and Father who loved$ us and gave us everlasting encouragement and good hope in his grace,

¹⁷ may he comfort your° hearts and may establish you° in all the word and in good work.