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. ¹ 

2 Thessalonians 2:4

2:4 He ²  opposes and exalts himself above every so-called god or object of worship, and as a result he takes his seat ³  in God’s temple, displaying himself as God. ⁴ 

[3:12]  ¹ tn Grk “that by working quietly they may eat their own bread.”

[2:4]  ² 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]  ³ sn Allusions to Isa 14:13-14; Dan 11:36; Ezek 28:2-9 respectively.

[2:4]  ⁴ tn Grk “that he is God.”