2 Thessalonians 1:3

Thanksgiving

1:3 We ought to thank God always for you, brothers and sisters, 1  and rightly so, 2  because your faith flourishes more and more and the love of each one of you all for one another is ever greater.

2 Thessalonians 2:4

2:4 He 3  opposes and exalts himself above every so-called god or object of worship, and as a result he takes his seat 4  in God’s temple, displaying himself as God. 5 

2 Thessalonians 2:10

2:10 and with every kind of evil deception directed against 6  those who are perishing, because they found no place in their hearts for the truth 7  so as to be saved.

1 tn Grk “brothers,” but the Greek word may be used for “brothers and sisters” or “fellow Christians” as here (cf. BDAG 18 s.v. ἀδελφός 1, where considerable nonbiblical evidence for the plural ἀδελφοί [adelfoi] meaning “brothers and sisters” is cited).

2 tn Grk “as is worthy.”

3 tn Grk “the one who opposes,” describing the figure in v. 3. A new sentence was started here in the translation by supplying the personal pronoun (“he”) and translating the participle ἀντικείμενος (antikeimeno") as a finite verb.

4 sn Allusions to Isa 14:13-14; Dan 11:36; Ezek 28:2-9 respectively.

5 tn Grk “that he is God.”

6 tn Grk “deception for/toward.”

7 tn Grk “they did not accept the love of the truth.”