2 Thessalonians 2:7-12

7For athe mystery of lawlessness bis already at work. Only he who now restrains it will do so until he is out of the way. 8And then cthe lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus dwill kill with ethe breath of his mouth and bring to nothing by fthe appearance of his coming. 9The coming of the lawless one is by the activity of Satan gwith all power and false signs and wonders, 10and with all wicked deception for hthose who are perishing, because they refused to love the truth and so be saved. 11Therefore iGod sends them a strong delusion, so that they may believe jwhat is false, 12in order that all may be condemned kwho did not believe the truth but lhad pleasure in unrighteousness.

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