2 Thessalonians 2:1

Now as to the coming of the Lord Jesus Christ, and our meeting with him, it is our desire, my brothers,

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Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him,

In Context

2That you may not be moved in mind or troubled by a spirit, or by a word, or by a letter as from us, with the suggestion that the day of the Lord is even now come;

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Cross References

Genesis 49:10The rod of authority will not be taken from Judah, and he will not be without a law-giver, till he comes who has the right to it, and the peoples will put themselves under his rule.

Matthew 25:32And before him all the nations will come together; and they will be parted one from another, as the sheep are parted from the goats by the keeper.

Romans 12:1For this reason I make request to you, brothers, by the mercies of God, that you will give your bodies as a living offering, holy, pleasing to God, which is the worship it is right for you to give him.

1 Thessalonians 2:19For what is our hope or joy or crown of glory? Are not even you, before our Lord Jesus, at his coming?

1 Thessalonians 4:14For if we have faith that Jesus underwent death and came back again, even so those who are sleeping will come again with him by God's power.

Matthew Henry on 2 Thessalonians 2:1

The apostle is very careful to hinder the spreading of an error into which some among them had fallen concerning the coming of Christ, as being very near, ver. 1-3 . Then he proceeds to confute the error he cautioned them against, by telling them of two great events that were antecedent to the coming of Christ—a general apostasy, and the revelation of antichrist, concerning whom the apostle tells them many remarkable things, about his name, his character, his rise, his fall, his reign, and the sin and ruin of his… Read the whole commentary →

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