The Day of Christ
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1 Ἐρωτῶμεν δὲ ὑμᾶς, ἀδελφοί, ὑπὲρ τῆς παρουσίας τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ καὶ ἡμῶν ἐπισυναγωγῆς ἐπ᾿ αὐτόν, 2 εἰς τὸ μὴ ταχέως σαλευθῆναι ὑμᾶς ἀπὸ τοῦ νοὸς μήτε* μητε f35 [94%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ μηδε ℵA,B [5%] NU ¦ μηποτε [1%] θροεῖσθαι,† θροεισθαι rell ¦ θροεισθε [10%] μήτε διὰ‡ δια rell ¦ 1 του [10%] OC (The addition of the article presumably makes the reference be to the Holy Spirit, which is clearly wrong here.) πνεύματος μήτε διὰ λόγου μήτε δι᾿ ἐπιστολῆς ὡς δι᾿ ἡμῶν, ὡς ὅτι ἐνέστηκεν ἡ ἡμέρα τοῦ Χριστοῦ.§ χριστου f35 [85%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ κυριου ℵA,B [15%] NU (Might this be a doctrinally motivated variant?)
The man of sin
3 Μή τις ὑμᾶς ἐξαπατήσῃ κατὰ μηδένα τρόπον· ὅτι ἐὰν μὴ ἔλθῃ ἡ ἀποστασία πρῶτον καὶ ἀποκαλυφθῇ ὁ ἄνθρωπος τῆς ἁμαρτίας,* αμαρτιας f35 A (93.8%) RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ ανομιας ℵB (5.4%) NU ¦ long omissions (0.8%) ὁ υἱὸς τῆς ἀπωλείας, 4 ὁ ἀντικείμενος καὶ ὑπεραιρόμενος ἐπὶ πάντα λεγόμενον θεὸν ἢ σέβασμα, ὥστε αὐτὸν εἰς τὸν ναὸν τοῦ Θεοῦ ὡς Θεὸν καθίσαι,† ως θεον καθισαι f35 (82.3%) RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ ~ 312 (8.2%) ¦ 3 ℵA,B (9.2%) NU ¦ two other variants (0.3%) (Scattered around the variants, 4.9% have καθησαι.) ἀποδεικνύντα‡ αποδεικνυντα f35 ℵB [88%] RP,HF,OC,TR,NU ¦ αποδεικνυοντα (A) [12%] CP ἑαυτὸν ὅτι ἐστὶν Θεός. 5 (Οὐ μνημονεύετε ὅτι ἔτι ὢν πρὸς ὑμᾶς ταῦτα ἔλεγον ὑμῖν;)
The Restrainer
6 Καὶ νῦν τὸ κατέχον οἴδατε, εἰς τὸ ἀποκαλυφθῆναι αὐτὸν ἐν τῷ ἑαυτοῦ§ εαυτου f35 B [80%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP,NU ¦ αυτου ℵA,I [20%] καιρῷ. 7 Τὸ γὰρ μυστήριον ἤδη ἐνεργεῖται τῆς ἀνομίας· μόνον ὁ κατέχων ἄρτι ἕως ἐκ μέσου γένηται. 8 Καὶ τότε ἀποκαλυφθήσεται ὁ ἄνομος, ὃν ὁ Κύριος* κυριος f35 B (86.6%) RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ 1 ιησους ℵA (13.4%) [NU] ἀναλώσει† αναλωσει f35 (92.9%) RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ ανελει B (6.1%) NU ¦ ανελοι (0.7%) ¦ αναλοι ℵ ¦ αναιλει A τῷ πνεύματι τοῦ στόματος αὐτοῦ καὶ καταργήσει τῇ ἐπιφανείᾳ τῆς παρουσίας αὐτοῦ· 9 οὗ ἐστιν ἡ παρουσία κατ᾿ ἐνέργειαν τοῦ Σατανᾶ ἐν πάσῃ δυνάμει καὶ σημείοις καὶ τέρασιν ψεύδους, 10 καὶ ἐν πάσῃ ἀπάτῃ τῆς‡ της f35 [95%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ — ℵA,B [5%] NU ἀδικίας ἐν§ εν f35 [96%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ — ℵA,B [4%] NU τοῖς ἀπολλυμένοις, ἀνθ᾿ ὧν τὴν ἀγάπην τῆς ἀληθείας οὐκ ἐδέξαντο εἰς τὸ σωθῆναι αὐτούς.
Believing ‘the lie’
11 Καί, διὰ τοῦτο πέμψει* πεμψει f35 [97%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ πεμπει ℵA,B [3%] NU αὐτοῖς ὁ Θεὸς ἐνέργειαν πλάνης εἰς τὸ πιστεῦσαι αὐτοὺς τῷ ψεύδει, 12 ἵνα κριθῶσιν πάντες οἱ μὴ πιστεύσαντες τῇ ἀληθείᾳ ἀλλ᾿ εὐδοκήσαντες ἐν† εν f35 A [90%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ — ℵB [10%] NU τῇ ἀδικίᾳ.
To be Saved is Different
13 Ἡμεῖς δὲ ὀφείλομεν εὐχαριστεῖν τῷ Θεῷ πάντοτε περὶ ὑμῶν, ἀδελφοὶ ἠγαπημένοι ὑπὸ Κυρίου, ὅτι εἵλετο‡ ειλετο f35 [95%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ ειλατο ℵA,B [5%] NU ὑμᾶς ὁ Θεὸς ἀπ᾿ ἀρχῆς,§ απ αρχης f35 ℵ [94%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ απαρχην B [6%] NU (‘Firstfruits’ when and where? Is not the reading of NU inferior?) εἰς σωτηρίαν, ἐν ἁγιασμῷ πνεύματος καὶ πίστει ἀληθείας, 14 εἰς ὃ * ο f35 A,B [94%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ 1 και ℵ [6%] [NU] ἐκάλεσεν ὑμᾶς διὰ τοῦ εὐαγγελίου ἡμῶν, εἰς περιποίησιν δόξης τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ.
15 Ἄρα οὖν, ἀδελφοί, στήκετε καὶ κρατεῖτε τὰς παραδόσεις ἃς ἐδιδάχθητε, εἴτε διὰ λόγου εἴτε δι᾿ ἐπιστολῆς ἡμῶν.
Another model prayer
16 Αὐτὸς δὲ ὁ Κύριος ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦς Χριστός, καὶ ὁ † ο f35 ℵA,I [94%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP[NU] ¦ — B [6%] Θεὸς καὶ‡ και f35 A,I [97%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ ο ℵB [2%] NU ¦ και ο [1%] Πατὴρ ἡμῶν, ὁ ἀγαπήσας ἡμᾶς§ ημας rell ¦ υμας [5%] CP καὶ δοὺς* δους f35 ℵA,B [90%] RP,HF,OC,TR,NU ¦ διδους [10%] CP παράκλησιν αἰωνίαν καὶ ἐλπίδα ἀγαθήν, ἐν χάριτι, 17 παρακαλέσαι ὑμῶν τὰς καρδίας καὶ στηρίξαι ὑμᾶς† υμας f35 [92%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ — ℵA,B [8%] NU ἐν παντὶ λόγῳ καὶ ἔργῳ‡ λογω και εργω f35 [89%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ ~ 321 ℵA,B [10%] NU ¦ two other readings [1%] ἀγαθῷ.

*2:2 μητε f35 [94%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ μηδε ℵA,B [5%] NU ¦ μηποτε [1%]

†2:2 θροεισθαι rell ¦ θροεισθε [10%]

‡2:2 δια rell ¦ 1 του [10%] OC (The addition of the article presumably makes the reference be to the Holy Spirit, which is clearly wrong here.)

§2:2 χριστου f35 [85%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ κυριου ℵA,B [15%] NU (Might this be a doctrinally motivated variant?)

*2:3 αμαρτιας f35 A (93.8%) RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ ανομιας ℵB (5.4%) NU ¦ long omissions (0.8%)

†2:4 ως θεον καθισαι f35 (82.3%) RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ ~ 312 (8.2%) ¦ 3 ℵA,B (9.2%) NU ¦ two other variants (0.3%) (Scattered around the variants, 4.9% have καθησαι.)

‡2:4 αποδεικνυντα f35 ℵB [88%] RP,HF,OC,TR,NU ¦ αποδεικνυοντα (A) [12%] CP

§2:6 εαυτου f35 B [80%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP,NU ¦ αυτου ℵA,I [20%]

*2:8 κυριος f35 B (86.6%) RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ 1 ιησους ℵA (13.4%) [NU]

†2:8 αναλωσει f35 (92.9%) RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ ανελει B (6.1%) NU ¦ ανελοι (0.7%) ¦ αναλοι ℵ ¦ αναιλει A

‡2:10 της f35 [95%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ — ℵA,B [5%] NU

§2:10 εν f35 [96%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ — ℵA,B [4%] NU

*2:11 πεμψει f35 [97%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ πεμπει ℵA,B [3%] NU

†2:12 εν f35 A [90%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ — ℵB [10%] NU

‡2:13 ειλετο f35 [95%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ ειλατο ℵA,B [5%] NU

§2:13 απ αρχης f35 ℵ [94%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ απαρχην B [6%] NU (‘Firstfruits’ when and where? Is not the reading of NU inferior?)

*2:14 ο f35 A,B [94%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ 1 και ℵ [6%] [NU]

†2:16 ο f35 ℵA,I [94%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP[NU] ¦ — B [6%]

‡2:16 και f35 A,I [97%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ ο ℵB [2%] NU ¦ και ο [1%]

§2:16 ημας rell ¦ υμας [5%] CP

*2:16 δους f35 ℵA,B [90%] RP,HF,OC,TR,NU ¦ διδους [10%] CP

†2:17 υμας f35 [92%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ — ℵA,B [8%] NU

‡2:17 λογω και εργω f35 [89%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ ~ 321 ℵA,B [10%] NU ¦ two other readings [1%]

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