6. And you know what is stopping that Man of Evil now. He is being stopped now so that he will appear at the right time.
7. The secret power of evil is already working in the world now. But there is one who is stopping that secret power of evil. And he will continue to stop it until he is taken out of the way.
8. Then that Man of Evil will appear. But the Lord Jesus will kill him with the breath that comes from his mouth. The Lord will come in a way that everyone will see, and that will be the end of the Man of Evil.
9. When that Man of Evil comes, it will be the work of Satan. He will come with great power, and he will do all kinds of false miracles, signs, and wonders.
10. The Man of Evil will use every kind of evil to fool those who are lost. They are lost because they refused to love the truth and be saved.
11. So God will send them something powerful that leads them away from the truth and causes them to believe a lie.
12. They will all be condemned because they did not believe the truth and because they enjoyed doing evil.
13. Brothers and sisters, you are people the Lord loves. And we always thank God for you. That’s what we should do, because God chose you to be some of the first people to be saved. You are saved by the Spirit making you holy and by your faith in the truth.
14. God chose you to have that salvation. He chose you by using the Good News that we told you. You were chosen so that you can share in the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.