2 Tesalonika 2:4

2:4 He ¹  opposes and exalts himself above every so-called god or object of worship, and as a result he takes his seat ²  in God’s temple, displaying himself as God. ³ 

2 Tesalonika 2:11

2:11 Consequently ⁴  God sends on them a deluding influence ⁵  so that they will believe what is false.

¹ tn Grk “the one who opposes,” describing the figure in v. 3. A new sentence was started here in the translation by supplying the personal pronoun (“he”) and translating the participle ἀντικείμενος (antikeimeno") as a finite verb.

² sn Allusions to Isa 14:13-14; Dan 11:36; Ezek 28:2-9 respectively.

³ tn Grk “that he is God.”

⁴ tn Grk “and for this reason.”

⁵ tn Grk “a working of error.”