2 Thessalonians 2:2 Cross References - Moffatt

² not to let your minds get easily unsettled or excited by any spirit of prophecy or any declaration or any letter purporting to come from me, to the effect that the Day of the Lord is already here.

⁴ Jesus replied, "Take care that no one misleads you; ⁵ for many will come in my name, saying 'I am the Christ,' and they will mislead many. ⁶ You will hear of wars and rumours of wars; see and do not be alarmed. These have to come, but it is not the end yet.

²⁴ for false Christs and false prophets will rise and bring forward great signs and wonders, so as to mislead the very elect, — if that were possible.

⁷ And when you hear of wars and rumours of war, do not be alarmed; these have to come, but it is not the end yet.

⁹ And when you hear of wars and disturbances, do not be scared; these have to come first, but the end is not at once."

¹⁹ Hold out stedfast and you win your souls.

¹ Let not your hearts be disquieted; you believe — believe in God and also in me.

²⁷ Peace I leave to you, my peace I give to you; I give it not as the world gives its 'Peace!' Let not your hearts be disquieted or timid.

²³ Only, I know this, that in town after town the holy Spirit testifies to me that bonds and troubles are awaiting me. ²⁴ But then, I set no value on my own life as compared with the joy of finishing my course and fulfilling the commission I received from the Lord Jesus to attest the gospel of the grace of God.

⁸ and to the very end he will guarantee that you are vindicated on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.

⁶ Let no one deceive you with specious arguments; these are the vices that bring down God's anger on the sons of disobedience.

³ to prevent anyone being disturbed by these troubles. (Troubles are our lot, you know that well;

¹⁵ For we tell you, as the Lord has told us, that we the living, who survive till the Lord comes, are by no means to take precedence of those who have fallen asleep.

² You know perfectly well that the day of the Lord comes like a thief in the night;

¹⁵ Well then, brothers, stand firm and hold to the rules which you have learned from us orally or by letter.

¹⁷ The salutation is in my own hand, Paul's; that is a mark in every letter of mine. This is how I write.

¹ Still, false prophets did appear among the People, as among you also there will be false teachers, men who will insinuate destructive heresies, even disowning the Lord who ransomed them; they bring rapid destruction on themselves, ² and many will follow their immorality (thanks to them the true Way will be maligned); ³ in their lust they will exploit you with cunning arguments — men whose doom comes apace from of old, and destruction is awake upon their trail.

⁴ asking, "Where is His promised advent? Since the day our fathers fell asleep, things remain exactly as they were from the beginning of creation." ⁵ They wilfully ignore the fact that heavens existed long ago, and an earth which the word of God formed of water and by water. ⁶ By water the then-existing world was deluged and destroyed, ⁷ but the present heavens and earth are treasured up by the same word for fire, reserved for the day when the impious are doomed and destroyed. ⁸ Beloved, you must not ignore this one fact, that with the Lord a single day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a single day.

¹ Do not believe every spirit, beloved, but test the spirits to see if they come from God; for many false prophets have emerged in the world. ² You can recognize the Spirit of God by this: every spirit which confesses Jesus as the Christ incarnate comes from God,

²⁰ But the Beast was seized, together with the false Prophet who had performed in his presence the miracles by means of which he seduced those who received the mark of the Beast and worshipped his statue; both of them were flung alive into the lake of fire that blazes with brimstone,