2 Thessalonians · Chapter 2

[ edit] Forſoþe, briþeren, we preien ȝou by þe comynge of oure Lord Jheſu Criſt, and oure congregacioun into þe ſame þing, þat ȝe be not moued ſoone fro ȝoure witt, neþer be agaſt, neþir bi ſpirit, neþir by word, neþer by epiſtle as ſent by vs, as þe day of þe Lord be nyȝ. Þat no man diſceyue ȝou in ony maner. For no but departyng awey, or diſſencioun, ſchal come firſt, and þe man of ſynne ſchal be ſchewid, þe ſone of perdicioun, þat is aduerſarie, and is enhaunſid vpon al þing þat is ſeid God, or þat is worſchipid, ſo þat he ſitte in þe temple, or into þe temple, of God, ſchewinge him ſilf as he be God. Wher ȝe holden not, þat ȝit whanne I was at ȝou, I ſeide þes þingis to ȝou?

And now what wiþholdiþ, ȝe witen, þat he be ſchewid in his tyme. Forwhi þe myſterie, or priuyte, of wickidneſſe worchiþ now; oonly þat he þat holdiþ now, holde, til it be maad of þe myddel. And þanne þe ilke wickid man ſchal be ſchewid, whom þe Lord Jheſu ſchal ſle wiþ þe ſpirit of his mouþ, and ſchal diſtroye wiþ þe illumynyng, or ſchynyng, of his comyng. Jheſus ſchal ſle him, whos comyng is vp þe worching of Saþanas, in al vertu, and ſignes, and grete wondris, lyinge, or fals, and in al diſſeit of wickidneſſe, to hem þat periſchen. For þat þei reſceyueden not þe charite of treuþe, þat þei ſchulden be maad ſaaf.

Þerfore God ſchal ſende to hem a worching of errour, þat þei bileue to leſſyng, or gabbyng, þat alle be demyd, or dampned, þe whiche bileueden not to treuþe, but conſentiden to wickidneſſe. Forſoþ we owen for to do þankingis euermore to God for ȝou, ȝe breþeren loued of God, þat God chees vs primyſſis, or firſte fruytis, into heelþe, in halowyng of ſpirit and feiþ of treuþe; in þe which and he clepide ȝou by oure goſpel, into getynge of þe glorie of oure Lord Jheſu Criſt. And ſo, briþeren, ſtonde ȝe, and holde ȝe þe tradiciouns, or techingis, þat ȝe han lerud, eþir by word, eþir by oure piſtle.

Forſoþe oure Lord Jheſu Criſt him ſilf, and God and oure fadir, þe which louede ȝou, and ȝaf euerlaſting comfort and good hope in grace, ſtirre, or moneſte, ȝoure hertis, and conferme in al werk and good word.