King James Version

2 Thessalonians 2

2 Thessalonians in the King James Version. Each verse number opens that verse. Study, in the row above the verse, opens the Greek, the notes, the other translations, and the connections.

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Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him,
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That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand.
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Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;
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Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.
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Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things?
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And now ye know what withholdeth that he might be revealed in his time.
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For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way.
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And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming:
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Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,
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And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
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And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:
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That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
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But we are bound to give thanks alway to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth:
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Whereunto he called you by our gospel, to the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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Open 2 Thessalonians 2:15

Therefore, brethren, stand fast, and hold the traditions which ye have been taught, whether by word, or our epistle.
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Translation Note
Verse 16 names our Lord Jesus Christ and God our Father. The verbs that answer them are in verse 17: παρακαλέσαι, from παρακαλέω, and στηρίξαι, from στηρίζω, both aorist active optative, 3rd person singular.
The SBL text reads θεὸς ὁ πατήρ, with the article before Father. The Textus Receptus reads ὁ θεὸς καὶ πατήρ: that article stands before God, and καί is added between God and Father. The King James keeps one sentence across the two verses: “comfort your hearts, and stablish you.” A singular verb with two subjects is not, by itself, a proof of one person. The New World Translation (Jehovah’s Witnesses’ Bible) prints verse 16 as the wish and verse 17 as “comfort your hearts and make you firm.”
King James Version. Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God, even our Father, which hath loved us, and hath given us everlasting consolation and good hope through grace,
New World Translation (Jehovah’s Witnesses’ Bible), this verse. “Moreover, may our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father, who loved us and gave everlasting comfort and good hope by means of undeserved kindness,” Watchtower Online Library

Open 2 Thessalonians 2:16

Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God, even our Father, which hath loved us, and hath given us everlasting consolation and good hope through grace,
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Translation Note
παρακαλέσαι and στηρίξαι are singular optatives. They complete the wish in verse 16, which names both the Lord Jesus Christ and God our Father.
The King James reads “comfort your hearts, and stablish you in every good word and work.” The New World Translation (Jehovah’s Witnesses’ Bible) reads “comfort your hearts and make you firm.” A footnote offers “strengthen you.” That footnote is not part of the verse. The singular verbs are the same caution as in 1 Thessalonians 3:11: one verb for two subjects is not, by itself, one person.
King James Version. Comfort your hearts, and stablish you in every good word and work.
New World Translation (Jehovah’s Witnesses’ Bible), this verse. “comfort your hearts and make you firm in every good deed and word.” Watchtower Online Library

Open 2 Thessalonians 2:17

Comfort your hearts, and stablish you in every good word and work.

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