2 Thessalonians 2:4

“Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.”

"Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God." - 2 Thessalonians 2:4
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What does 2 Thessalonians 2:4 mean?

The Bible verse 2 Thessalonians 2:4 in the King James Version reads: "Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God." This verse is part of a larger passage in…

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2 Thessalonians 2:4 - "Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God."
1 Thessalonians 4:2 - "For ye know what commandments we gave you by the Lord Jesus."
2 Thessalonians 2:7
2 Thessalonians 3:4 - "And we have confidence in the Lord touching you, that ye both do and will do the things which we command you."
2 Thessalonians 1:4 - "So that we ourselves glory in you in the churches of God for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and tribulations that ye endure:"
1 Thessalonians 2:4 - "But as we were allowed of God to be put in trust with the gospel, even so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God, which trieth our hearts."
2 Thessalonians 1:1 - "Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, unto the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ:"
2 Thessalonians 2:17 - "Comfort your hearts, and stablish you in every good word and work."
2 Thessalonians 2:6 - "And now ye know what withholdeth that he might be revealed in his time."
2 Thessalonians 2:11 - "And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:"
"For ye know what commandments we gave you by the Lord Jesus." - 1 Thessalonians 4:2
2 Thessalonians 2:5 - "Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things?"
2 Thessalonians 3:2 - "And that we may be delivered from unreasonable and wicked men: for all men have not faith."
2 Thessalonians 2:2 - "That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand."
2 Thessalonians 1:2 - "Grace unto you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ."
2 Thessalonians 2:10 - "And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved."
1 Thessalonians 2:20 - "For ye are our glory and joy."
2 Thessalonians 2:9 - "Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,"
2 Thessalonians 2:14 - "Whereunto he called you by our gospel, to the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ."
2 Thessalonians 3:6-7
2 Thessalonians 1:7-9
2 Thessalonians 3:13 - "But ye, brethren, be not weary in well doing."
2 Thessalonians 2:15 - "Therefore, brethren, stand fast, and hold the traditions which ye have been taught, whether by word, or our epistle."
2 Thessalonians 2:8 - "And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming:"
2 Thessalonians 2:1 - "Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him,"
2 Thessalonians 3:15 - "Yet count him not as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother."
1 Thessalonians 2:3 - "For our exhortation was not of deceit, nor of uncleanness, nor in guile:"
2 Thessalonians 2:7 - "For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way."
1 Thessalonians 2:1 - "For yourselves, brethren, know our entrance in unto you, that it was not in vain:"