2 Thessalonians 3:12

3:12 Now such people we command and urge in the Lord Jesus Christ to work quietly and so provide their own food to eat.

2 Thessalonians 2:4

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

tn Grk “that by working quietly they may eat their own bread.”

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.

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

tn Grk “that he is God.”