5. Don't you remember? I told you all this while I was with you.
6. Yet there is something that keeps this from happening now, and you know what it is. At the proper time, then, the Wicked One will appear.
7. The Mysterious Wickedness is already at work, but what is going to happen will not happen until the one who holds it back is taken out of the way.
8. Then the Wicked One will be revealed, but when the Lord Jesus comes, he will kill him with the breath from his mouth and destroy him with his dazzling presence.
9. The Wicked One will come with the power of Satan and perform all kinds of false miracles and wonders,
10. and use every kind of wicked deceit on those who will perish. They will perish because they did not welcome and love the truth so as to be saved.