the work of faith in power:

1:12. That the name of our Lord Jesus may be glorified in you, and you
in him, according to the grace of our God and of the Lord Jesus Christ.

2 Thessalonians Chapter 2

The day of the Lord is not to come till the man of sin be revealed. The
apostle's traditions are to be observed.

2:1. And we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus
Christ and of our gathering together unto him:

2:2. That you be not easily moved from your sense nor be terrified,
neither by spirit nor by word nor by epistle as sent from us, as if the
day of the Lord were at hand.

2:3. Let no man deceive you by any means: for unless there come a revolt
first, and the man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition

A revolt... This revolt, or falling off, is generally understood, by the
ancient fathers, of a revolt from the Roman empire, which was first to
be destroyed, before the coming of Antichrist. It may, perhaps, be
understood also of a revolt of many nations from the Catholic Church;
which has, in part, happened already, by means of Mahomet, Luther, &c.,
and it may be supposed, will be more general in the days of the
Antichrist. The man of sin... Here must be meant some particular man,
as is evident from the frequent repetition of the Greek article [ ], the
man of sin, the son of perdition, the adversary or opposer. It agrees to
the wicked and great Antichrist, who will come before the end of the
world.

2:4. Who opposeth and is lifted up above all that is called God or that
is worshipped, so that he sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself
as if he were God.

In the temple... Either that of Jerusalem which some think he will
rebuild; or in some Christian church, which he will pervert to his own
worship: as Mahomet has done by the churches of the east.

2:5. Remember you not that, when I was yet with you, I told you these
things?

2:6. And now you know what withholdeth, that he may be revealed in his
time.

2:7. For the mystery of iniquity already worketh: only that he who now
holdeth do hold, until he be taken out of the way.

2:8. And then that wicked one shall be revealed: whom the Lord Jesus
shall kill with the spirit of his mouth and shall destroy with the
brightness of his coming: him

2:9. Whose coming is according to the working of Satan, in all power and
signs and lying wonders:

2:10. And in all seduction of iniquity to them that perish: because they
receive not the lo