2 Tesalonika 2:2

2:2 not to be easily ¹  shaken from your composure or disturbed by any kind of spirit or message or letter allegedly from us, ²  to the effect that the day of the Lord is already here.

2 Tesalonika 2:4

2:4 He ³  opposes and exalts himself above every so-called god or object of worship, and as a result he takes his seat ⁴  in God’s temple, displaying himself as God. ⁵ 

[2:2]  ¹ tn Or “quickly, soon.”

[2:2]  ² tn Grk “as through us.”

[2:4]  ³ 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]  ⁴ sn Allusions to Isa 14:13-14; Dan 11:36; Ezek 28:2-9 respectively.

[2:4]  ⁵ tn Grk “that he is God.”