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2 Thessalonians 2:1 KJV
2 Thessalonians · chapter 2 · verse 1
Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him,2 Thessalonians 2:1 · King James Version
2 Thessalonians 2:1 in context
1Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him,
2That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand.
3Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;
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Key words (Strong's)
- brethrenadelphosa brother, whether born of the same two parents or only of the same father or mother…G80 →
- togetherepisynagōgēa gathering together in one place, the assemblyG1997 →
- beseecherōtaōto question, to ask, to request, entreat, beg, beseechG2065 →
- comingparousiapresence, the coming, arrival, advent, the future visible return from heaven of Jesus, to…G3952 →
- ChristchristosChrist = " anointed" , Christ was [and is], anointedG5547 →
- JesusiēsousJesus = " Jehovah is salvation" , Jesus, the Son of God, the Saviour of mankind…G2424 →
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From these words it appears that some among the Thessalonians had mistaken the apostle's meaning, in what he had written in his former epistle about the coming of Christ, by thinking that it was near at hand, - that Christ was just ready to appear and come to judgment.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-2