Questions tagged [2-thessalonians]
The Apostle Paul's second letter to the Thessalonians.
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In 2 Thessalonians 2:7 who is holding back the "secret power of lawlessness"?
2 Thessalonians 2:7 (AMP):
For the mystery of lawlessness (that hidden principle of rebellion against constituted authority) is already at work in the world, [but it is] restrained only until [a]he ...
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Does God send a "Strong Delusion"? What is the Context of understanding 2 Thess. 2:11?
2 Thess. 2:11,"
καὶ διὰ τοῦτο πέμψει αὐτοῖς ὁ θεὸς ἐνέργειαν πλάνης εἰς τὸ πιστεῦσαι
αὐτοὺς τῷ ψεύδει(TR Stephanus 1550)
"And because of this-- will send to them--God--a working of delusion--for ...
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How should 2 Thessalonians 2:1-3 be interpreted?
We ask you, brothers, with regard to the coming of our Lord Jesus
Christ and our assembling with him, not to be shaken out of your minds
suddenly, or to be alarmed either by a "spirit," 2 or by an ...
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Has Paul's concept in 2 Thessalonians 2:7 been misunderstood?
ο κατεχων αρτι εως εκ μεσου γενηται [TR - undisputed] 2 Thess 2: 7 (b)
... only he who now letteth (will let), until he be taken out of the way. [KJV]
... he who restrains at present until out of [...
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What is a Busybody? 2 Thessalonians 3:11
In 2 Thessalonians 3:11 Paul condemns "busybodies," (Greek περιεργαζομένους, periergazomenous). What is the meaning of this?
In cross referencing this with the New Korean Revised Version (...
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Is Jesus called God in 2 Thessalonians 1:12?
I was first alerted to this in the NIV footnote of that verse:
We pray this so that the name of our Lord Jesus may be glorified in you, and you in him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord ...
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Why does Paul refer to both 'God' and 'Father' in 2 Thessalonians 1:1?
Building on my previous enquiry into the Divine references in this chapter I am interested to know why Paul would state 'God Father' in verse 1.
With the coming of Christ, the promised Messiah, the ...
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If a person cannot work, is he condemned?
If a person has an illness, lives in fear or pain and cannot work, or doesn't have the strength to work, does 2 Thessalonians 3:6-12 condemn that individual?
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What is the temple that Paul refers to in 2 Thessalonians 2:4?
2 Thessalonians 2:4 talks about the man of lawlessness, "who opposes and exalts himself against every so-called god or object of worship, so that he takes his seat in the temple of God, proclaiming ...
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What is the κατεχον and who is the κατεχων at 2 Thess 2:6-7?
The expression "mystery of iniquity" (more common, "hidden power of lawlessness" - Greek: μυστήριον τῆς ἀνομίας; Lat: mysterium iniquitatis) comes from the Second Letter to the ...
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Who is the "man of lawlessness" in 2 Thess 2?
Who is the "man of lawlessness" in 2 Thess 2?
The online RSVCE identifies him as the Antichrist, but The Navarre Bible New Testament Compact Edition note on 2 Thess 2:1-12 has in part:
We do not ...
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In Ephesians 2:2 is Paul speaking of "mighty works" by "Satan"?
Eph 2:2 KJV - 2 Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:
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Is God being Deceitful?
2 Thessalonians 2:11-12 (NRSV)
11 For this reason God sends them a powerful delusion, leading them to believe what is false, 12 so that all who have not believed the truth but took pleasure in ...
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2 Thessalonians 2: Is the day of Lord before or after antichrist takes his seat in the temple of God?
2 Thessalonians 2:1-4
1Now concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being
gathered together to him, we ask you, brothers,a 2not to be quickly
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Is the article at 2 Thessalonians 1:12 anaphoric? If not, what grammatical reasons deny it is?
Is the article at 2 Thessalonians 1:12 anaphoric? If not, what grammatical reasons deny it?
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