⁶ And you know what currently restrains him, so that he will be revealed in his time.^(A)

⁸ and then the lawless one will be revealed. The Lord Jesus will destroy him with the breath of his mouth^(A) and will bring him to nothing at the appearance of his coming.

³ Don’t let anyone deceive you in any way. For that day will not come unless the apostasy^[a] comes first and the man of lawlessness^[b] is revealed, the man doomed to destruction. ⁴ He opposes and exalts himself above every so-called god^(A) or object of worship,^(B) so that he sits^[c] in God’s temple, proclaiming that he himself is God.