2 Thessalonians 2:3-12

Moffatt(i) 3 Let nobody delude you into this belief, whatever he may say. It will not come till the Rebellion takes place first of all, with the revealing of the Lawless One, the doomed One, 4 the adversary who vaunts himself above and against every so-called god or object of worship, actually seating himself in the temple of God with the proclamation that he himself is God. 5 Do you not remember I used to tell you this when I was with you? 6 Well, you can recall now what it is that restrains him from being revealed before his appointed time. 7 For the secret force of lawlessness is at work already; only, it cannot be revealed till he who at present restrains it is removed. 8 Then shall the Lawless One be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will destroy with the breath of his lips and quell by his appearing and arrival — 9 that One whose arrival is due to Satan's activity, with the full power, the miracles and portents, of falsehood, 10 and with the full deceitfulness of evil for those who are doomed to perish, since they refuse to love the Truth that would save them. 11 Therefore God visits them with an active delusion, till they put faith in falsehood, 12 so that all may be doomed who refuse faith in the Truth but delight in evil.