2 Thessalonians 2:1

The Day of the Lord

2:1 Now regarding the arrival ¹  of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered to be with him, ²  we ask you, brothers and sisters, ³ 

2 Thessalonians 3:4

3:4 And we are confident about you in the Lord that you are both doing – and will do – what we are commanding.

2 Thessalonians 1:10

1:10 when he comes to be glorified among his saints and admired ⁴  on that day among all who have believed – and you did in fact believe our testimony. ⁵ 

2 Thessalonians 2:4

2:4 He ⁶  opposes and exalts himself above every so-called god or object of worship, and as a result he takes his seat ⁷  in God’s temple, displaying himself as God. ⁸ 

¹ tn Or perhaps “return” (cf. CEV).

² tn Grk “our gathering with him.”

³ tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:3.

⁴ tn Or “marveled at.”

⁵ tn Grk “because our testimony to you was believed.”

⁷ tn Grk “the one who opposes,” describing the figure in v. 3. A new sentence was started here in the translation by supplying the personal pronoun (“he”) and translating the participle ἀντικείμενος (antikeimeno") as a finite verb.

⁸ sn Allusions to Isa 14:13-14; Dan 11:36; Ezek 28:2-9 respectively.

⁹ tn Grk “that he is God.”