2 Thessalonians 2:8

and then shall be revealed the Lawless One, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the manifestation of his presence,

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

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:

In Context

7for the secret of the lawlessness doth already work, only he who is keeping down now [will hinder] — till he may be out of the way,

9[him,] whose presence is according to the working of the Adversary, in all power, and signs, and lying wonders,

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Cross References

Job 4:9From the breath of God they perish, And from the spirit of His anger consumed.

Isaiah 11:4And he hath judged in righteousness the poor, And decided in uprightness for the humble of earth, And hath smitten earth with the rod of his mouth, And with the breath of his lips he putteth the wicked to death.

Daniel 7:26'And the Judge is seated, and its dominion they cause to pass away, to cut off, and to destroy — unto the end;

Matthew 13:19Every one hearing the word of the reign, and not understanding — the evil one doth come, and doth catch that which hath been sown in his heart; this is that sown by the way.

2 Thessalonians 1:8in flaming fire, giving vengeance to those not knowing God, and to those not obeying the good news of our Lord Jesus Christ;

1 Timothy 6:14that thou keep the command unspotted, unblameable, till the manifestation 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 →

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