2 Thessalonians 2:2-3
2:2 not to be easily 1 shaken from your composure or disturbed by any kind of spirit or message or letter allegedly from us, 2 to the effect that the day of the Lord is already here.
2:3 Let no one deceive you in any way. For that day will not arrive until the rebellion comes 3 and the man of lawlessness 4 is revealed, the son of destruction. 5
2 Thessalonians 3:8
3:8 and we did not eat anyone’s food without paying. 6 Instead, in toil and drudgery we worked 7 night and day in order not to burden any of you.
1 tn Or “quickly, soon.”
2 tn Grk “as through us.”
3 tn Grk “for unless the rebellion comes first.” The clause about “the day” is understood from v. 2.
4 tc Most mss (A D F G Ψ Ï lat sy) read ἁμαρτίας (Jamartia", “of sin”) here, but several important mss (א B 0278 6 81 1739 1881 al co) read ἀνομίας (anomia", “of lawlessness”). Although external support for ἁμαρτίας is broader, the generally earlier and better witnesses are on the side of ἀνομίας. Internally, since ἁμαρτία (Jamartia, “sin”) occurs nearly ten times as often as ἀνομία (anomia, “lawlessness”) in the corpus Paulinum, scribes would be expected to change the text to the more familiar term. At the same time, the mention of ἀνομία in v. 7 and ὁ ἄνομος (Jo anomo", “the lawless one”) in v. 8, both of which look back to v. 3, may have prompted scribes to change the text toward ἀνομίας. The internal evidence is thus fairly evenly balanced. Although a decision is difficult, ἀνομίας has slightly greater probability of authenticity than ἁμαρτίας.
5 tn Or “the one destined for destruction.”
6 tn Grk “we did not eat bread freely from anyone.”
7 tn Grk “but working,” as a continuation of the previous sentence. Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started with the word “Instead” in the translation.