Surely you recall that I used to tell you these things while I was still with you.

The arrival of the lawless one will be by Satan’s working with all kinds of miracles and signs and false wonders,

But the Lord is faithful, and he will strengthen you and protect you from the evil one.

I, Paul, write this greeting with my own hand, which is how I write in every letter.

For even when we were with you, we used to give you this command: “If anyone is not willing to work, neither should he eat.”

We ought to thank God always for you, brothers and sisters, and rightly so, because your faith flourishes more and more and the love of each one of you all for one another is ever greater.

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.