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2 Thessalonians 2:4 KJV
2 Thessalonians · chapter 2 · verse 4
Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.2 Thessalonians 2:4 · King James Version
2 Thessalonians 2:4 in context
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;
4Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.
5Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things?
6And now ye know what withholdeth that he might be revealed in his time.
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Key words (Strong's)
- worshippedsebasmawhatever is religiously honoured, an object of worship, of temples, altars, statues…G4574 →
- opposethantikeimaito be set over against, opposite to, to oppose, be adverse to, withstandG480 →
- sittethkathizōto make to sit down, to set, appoint, to confer a kingdom on one, intransitively, to sit…G2523 →
- shewingapodeiknymito point away from one s self, to point out, show forth, to expose to view, exhibit, to…G584 →
- himselfheautouhimself, herself, itself, themselvesG1438 →
- calledlegōto say, to speak, affirm over, maintain, to teach, to exhort, advise, to command, direct…G3004 →
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In these words the apostle confutes the error against which he had cautioned them, and gives the reasons why they should not expect the coming of Christ as just at hand. There were several events previous to the second coming of Christ; in particular, he tells them there would be, I.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 3-12