2 Thessalonians 1:10-11

1:10 when he comes to be glorified among his saints and admired ¹  on that day among all who have believed – and you did in fact believe our testimony. ²  1:11 And in this regard we pray for you always, that our God will make you worthy of his calling ³  and fulfill by his power your every desire for goodness and every work of faith,

2 Thessalonians 2:4

2:4 He ⁴  opposes and exalts himself above every so-called god or object of worship, and as a result he takes his seat ⁵  in God’s temple, displaying himself as God. ⁶ 

[1:10]  ¹ tn Or “marveled at.”

[1:10]  ² tn Grk “because our testimony to you was believed.”

[1:11]  ³ tn Or “your calling.”

[2:4]  ⁵ 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.

[2:4]  ⁶ sn Allusions to Isa 14:13-14; Dan 11:36; Ezek 28:2-9 respectively.

[2:4]  ⁷ tn Grk “that he is God.”