2 Thessalonians 2:8
And then the lawless will be revealed, whom the Lord will consume with the spirit of his mouth, and will neutralize at the appearance of his coming.
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In The King James Version
In Context
9Whose coming is according to the working of Satan with all power and signs and marvels of deceit,
Cross References
Job 4:9By the breath of God they perish, and by the blast of his anger they are consumed.
Isaiah 11:4but with righteousness he shall judge the poor, and decide with equity for the meek of the earth. And he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips he shall kill the wicked.
Daniel 7:26But the judgment shall be set, and they shall take away his dominion, to consume and to destroy it to the end.
Matthew 13:19Of every man who hears the word of the kingdom, and does not understands it, evil comes, and snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is that which was sown by the wayside.
2 Thessalonians 1:8in a fire of flame rendering vengeance to those who have not known God, and to those not obeying the good-news of our Lord Jesus Christ.
1 Timothy 6:14that thou keep the commandment, without spot, blameless, until the appearance of our Lord Jesus Christ,
Matthew Henry on 2 Thessalonians 2:2-13
Cautions against False Alarm. ( a. d. 52.) 1 Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him, 2 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. 3 Let no man deceive you by any means— From these words it appears that some among the Thessalonians had mistaken the apostle's meaning, in what he had written in his former epistle about the coming of Christ, by… Read the whole commentary →