2 Thessalonians 2:1

And we ask you, brethren, in regard to the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ, and of our gathering together unto him,

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

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

In Context

2that ye be not quickly shaken in mind, nor be troubled, neither through spirit, neither through word, neither through letters as through us, as that the day of Christ hath arrived;

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Cross References

Genesis 49:10The sceptre turneth not aside from Judah, And a lawgiver from between his feet, Till his Seed come; And his [is] the obedience of peoples.

Matthew 25:32and gathered together before him shall be all the nations, and he shall separate them from one another, as the shepherd doth separate the sheep from the goats,

Romans 12:1I call upon you, therefore, brethren, through the compassions of God, to present your bodies a sacrifice — living, sanctified, acceptable to God — your intelligent service;

1 Thessalonians 2:19for what [is] our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? are not even ye before our Lord Jesus Christ in his presence?

1 Thessalonians 4:14for if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, so also God those asleep through Jesus he will bring with him,

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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