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.
15. So, brothers and sisters, stand strong and continue to believe the teachings we gave you when we were there and by letter.
16-17. We pray that the Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father will comfort you and strengthen you in every good thing you do and say. God loved us and gave us through his grace a wonderful hope and comfort that has no end.