The Man of Sin
1Brothers and sisters, we want to ask you something. It has to do with the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. It concerns the time when we will go to be with him. 2What if you receive a message that is supposed to have come from us? What if it says that the day of the Lord has already come? If it does, we ask you not to become easily upset or alarmed. Don’t be upset whether that message is spoken or written or prophesied. 3Don’t let anyone trick you in any way. That day will not come until people rise up against God. It will not come until the man of sin appears. He is a marked man. He is headed for ruin. 4He will oppose everything that is called God. He will oppose everything that is worshiped. He will give himself power over everything. He will set himself up in God’s temple. He will announce that he himself is God.
5Don’t you remember? When I was with you, I used to tell you these things. 6Now you know what is holding back the man of sin. He is held back so that he can make his appearance at the right time. 7The secret power of sin is already at work. But the one who now holds back that power will keep doing it until he is taken out of the way. 8Then the man of sin will appear. The Lord Jesus will overthrow him with the breath of his mouth. The glorious brightness of Jesus’ coming will destroy the man of sin. 9The coming of the man of sin will fit how Satan works. The man of sin will show his power through all kinds of signs and wonders. These signs and wonders will lead people astray. 10So people who are dying will be fooled by this evil. These people are dying because they refuse to love the truth. The truth would save them. 11So God will fool them completely. Then they will believe the lie. 12Many will not believe the truth. They will take pleasure in evil. They will be judged.
Remain Strong in the Faith
13Brothers and sisters, we should always thank God for you. The Lord loves you. That’s because God chose you as the first to be saved. Salvation comes through the Holy Spirit’s work. He makes people holy. It also comes through believing the truth. 14He chose you to be saved by accepting the good news that we preach. And you will share in the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.
15Brothers and sisters, remain strong in the faith. Hold on to what we taught you. We passed our teachings on to you by what we preached and wrote.
16Our Lord Jesus Christ and God our Father loved us. By his grace God gave us comfort that will last forever. The hope he gave us is good. May our Lord Jesus Christ and God our Father 17comfort your hearts. May they make you strong in every good thing you do and say.
Ọkùnrin aláìlófin náà
12.1: 1Tẹ 4.15-17.Ní ti bíbọ̀ Jesu Kristi Olúwa wa, àti ti ìpéjọ wa sọ́dọ̀ rẹ̀, àwa wí fún yín ará, 22.2: 2Tẹ 3.17.kí ọkàn yín má ṣe àìbalẹ̀, tàbí kí ẹ má ṣe jáyà nípa àsọtẹ́lẹ̀, ìròyìn tàbí lẹ́tà tí ó lè fi ara jọ èyí tí ó le wá láti ọ̀dọ̀ wa, tí yóò máa wí pé ọjọ́ Olúwa ti dé ná. 32.3: Ef 5.6-8; Da 7.8,25; 11.36; If 13.5; Jh 17.12.Ẹ má ṣe jẹ́ kí ẹnikẹ́ni kí ó tàn yín jẹ ní ọ̀nàkọnà, nítorí pé ọjọ́ náà kì yóò dé, bí kò ṣe pé ìṣọ̀tẹ̀ bá kọ́ ṣẹlẹ̀, tí a sì fi ẹni ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ hàn, tí í ṣe ọmọ ègbé. 42.4: El 28.2.Òun yóò lòdì sí, yóò sì gbé ara rẹ̀ ga sí gbogbo ohun tí a ń pè ní Ọlọ́run tàbí tí a ń sìn, dé ibi pé yóò gbé ara rẹ̀ jókòó nínú tẹmpili Ọlọ́run, tí yóò sì pe ara rẹ̀ ní Ọlọ́run.
52.5: 1Tẹ 3.4.Ṣé ẹ̀yin kò rántí pé nígbà tí mo wà pẹ̀lú yín, mo ń sọ àwọn nǹkan wọ̀nyí fún un yín. 6Àti pé nísinsin yìí, ẹ̀yin mọ ohun tí ń dá a dúró, kí a bá a lè fi í hàn ní àkókò rẹ̀ gan an. 7Nítorí agbára ìkọ̀kọ̀ ẹni ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ ti ń ṣiṣẹ́; ṣùgbọ́n ẹni tí ń dènà yóò máa ṣe bẹ́ẹ̀ títí a ó fi mú un kúrò ní ọ̀nà. 82.8: Isa 11.4.Nígbà náà ni a ó fi ẹni ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ hàn, ẹni tí Jesu Olúwa yóò fi èémí ẹnu rẹ̀ pa, tí yóò sì fi ọlá ìpadàbọ̀ rẹ̀ parun. 92.9: Mt 24.24; Jh 4.48.Wíwá ẹni ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ yóò rí bí iṣẹ́ Satani, gbogbo èyí tí a fihàn gẹ́gẹ́ bí àdàmọ̀dì iṣẹ́ ìyanu, àdàmọ̀dì ààmì àti àdàmọ̀dì idán, 10Ní gbogbo ọ̀nà búburú tí a fi ń tan àwọn tí ń ṣègbé jẹ. Wọ́n ṣègbé nítorí wọ́n kọ̀ láti fẹ́ràn òtítọ́ kí wọn sì di ẹni ìgbàlà. 112.11: Ro 1.28.Nítorí ìdí èyí, Ọlọ́run rán ohun tó ń ṣiṣẹ́ ìṣìnà sí wọn kí wọn lè gba èké gbọ́, 12kí wọn kí ó lè gba ìdálẹ́bi, àní àwọn tí kò gba òtítọ́ gbọ́, ṣùgbọ́n tí wọ́n ní inú dídùn nínú ìwà búburú.
Ẹ dúró ṣinṣin
132.13: 2Tẹ 1.3; Ef 1.4; 1Pt 1.2.Ṣùgbọ́n, ohun tí ó tọ́ fún wa ni láti máa dúpẹ́ lọ́wọ́ Ọlọ́run nígbà gbogbo nítorí yín, ará olùfẹ́ ní ti Olúwa, nítorí láti ìbẹ̀rẹ̀ ni Ọlọ́run ti yàn yín sí ìgbàlà nípa ìsọdimímọ́ ti Ẹ̀mí àti nípa gbígba òtítọ́ gbọ́. 14Òun ti pè yín sí èyí nípa ìhìnrere wa, kí ẹ̀yin kí ó lè pín nínú ògo Jesu Kristi Olúwa wa.
152.15: 1Kọ 16.13; 11.2.Nítorí náà ará, ẹ dúró ṣinṣin, kí ẹ sì di àwọn ẹ̀kọ́ wọ̀n-ọn-nì tí a kọ́ yín mú, yálà nípa ọ̀rọ̀ ẹnu tàbí lẹ́tà.
162.16: 1Tẹ 3.11; 1Pt 1.3.Ǹjẹ́ kí Jesu Kristi Olúwa wa tìkálára rẹ̀, àti Ọlọ́run baba wa, ẹni to ti fẹ́ wa, tí ó sì ti fi ìtùnú àìnípẹ̀kun àti ìrètí rere nípa oore-ọ̀fẹ́ fún wa. 17Kí ó mú ọkàn yín le, kí ó sì kún yín pẹ̀lú agbára nínú iṣẹ́ gbogbo àti ọ̀rọ̀ rere gbogbo.
