2 Tesalonika 1:3
Konteks1:3 We ought to thank God always for you, brothers and sisters, 1 and rightly so, 2 because your faith flourishes more and more and the love of each one of you all for one another is ever greater.
2 Tesalonika 1:10
Konteks1:10 when he comes to be glorified among his saints and admired 3 on that day among all who have believed – and you did in fact believe our testimony. 4
2 Tesalonika 2:2-4
Konteks2:2 not to be easily 5 shaken from your composure or disturbed by any kind of spirit or message or letter allegedly from us, 6 to the effect that the day of the Lord is already here. 2:3 Let no one deceive you in any way. For that day will not arrive until the rebellion comes 7 and the man of lawlessness 8 is revealed, the son of destruction. 9 2:4 He 10 opposes and exalts himself above every so-called god or object of worship, and as a result he takes his seat 11 in God’s temple, displaying himself as God. 12
2 Tesalonika 2:13
Konteks2:13 But we ought to thank God always for you, brothers and sisters 13 loved by the Lord, because God chose you from the beginning 14 for salvation through sanctification by the Spirit and faith in the truth.
[1:3] 1 tn Grk “brothers,” but the Greek word may be used for “brothers and sisters” or “fellow Christians” as here (cf. BDAG 18 s.v. ἀδελφός 1, where considerable nonbiblical evidence for the plural ἀδελφοί [adelfoi] meaning “brothers and sisters” is cited).
[1:3] 2 tn Grk “as is worthy.”
[1:10] 4 tn Grk “because our testimony to you was believed.”
[2:2] 5 tn Or “quickly, soon.”
[2:2] 6 tn Grk “as through us.”
[2:3] 7 tn Grk “for unless the rebellion comes first.” The clause about “the day” is understood from v. 2.
[2:3] 8 tc Most
[2:3] 9 tn Or “the one destined for destruction.”
[2:4] 10 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.
[2:4] 11 sn Allusions to Isa 14:13-14; Dan 11:36; Ezek 28:2-9 respectively.
[2:4] 12 tn Grk “that he is God.”
[2:13] 13 tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:3.
[2:13] 14 tc ‡ Several