2 Thessalonians 2:1-6 KJV

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Thessalonians 2:2

Be not soon shaken in mind - Απο του νοος· From the mind; i.e. that they should retain the persuasion they had of the truths which he had before delivered to them; that they should still hold the same opinions, and hold fast the doctrines which they had been taught. Neither by spirit - Any pretended revelation. Nor by word - Any thing which any person may profess to have heard the apostle speak. Nor by letter - Either the former one which he had sent, some passages of which... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Thessalonians 2:3

Except there come a falling away first - We have the original word αποστασια in our word apostasy; and by this term we understand a dereliction of the essential principles of religious truth - either a total abandonment of Christianity itself, or such a corruption of its doctrines as renders the whole system completely inefficient to salvation. But what this apostasy means is a question which has not yet, and perhaps never will be, answered to general satisfaction. At present I shall... read more

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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Thessalonians 2:4

Who opposeth and exalteth - He stands against and exalts himself above all Divine authority, and above every object of adoration, and every institution relative to Divine worship, σεβασμα , himself being the source, whence must originate all the doctrines of religion, and all its rites and ceremonies; so that sitting in the temple of God - having the highest place and authority in the Christian Church, he acts as God - taking upon himself God's titles and attributes, and arrogating to... read more

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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Thessalonians 2:5

I told you these things - In several parts of this description of the man of sin, the apostle alludes to a conversation which had taken place between him and the members of this Church when he was at Thessalonica; and this one circumstance will account for much of the obscurity that is in these verses. Besides, the apostle appears to speak with great caution, and does not at all wish to publish what he had communicated to them; the hints which he drops were sufficient to call the whole to... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Thessalonians 2:6

And now ye know what withholdeth - I told you this among other things; I informed you what it was that prevented this man of sin, this son of perdition, from revealing himself fully. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Thessalonians 2:1

Verse 1 1Now I beseech you, by the coming. It may indeed be read, as I have noted on the margin, concerning the coming, but it suits better to view it as an earnest entreaty, taken from the subject in hand, just as in 1 Corinthians 15:31, when discoursing as to the hope of a resurrection, he makes use of an oath by that glory which is to be hoped for by believers. And this has much more efficacy when he adjures believers by the coming of Christ, not to imagine rashly that his day is at hand,... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Thessalonians 2:2

Verse 2 2That ye be not soon shaken in judgment. He employs the term judgment to denote that settled faith which rests on sound doctrine. Now, by means of that fancy which he rejects, they would have been carried away as it were into ecstasy. He notices, also, three kinds of imposture, as to which they must be on their guard — spirit, word, and spurious epistle. By the term spirit he means pretended prophecies, and it appears that this mode of speaking was common among the pious, so that they... read more

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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Thessalonians 2:3

Verse 3 3Let no man deceive you. That they may not groundlessly promise themselves the arrival in so short a time of the joyful day of redemption, he presents to them a melancholy prediction as to the future scattering of the Church. This discourse entirely corresponds with that which Christ held in the presence of his disciples, when they had asked him respecting the end of the world. For he exhorts them to prepare themselves for enduring hard conflicts, (639) (Matthew 24:6,) and after he has... read more

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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Thessalonians 2:4

Verse 4 4An adversary, and that exalteth himself. The two epithets — man of sin, and son of perdition — intimate, in the first place, how dreadful the confusion would be, that the unseemliness of it might not discourage weak minds; and farther, they tend to stir up the pious to a feeling of detestation, lest they should degenerate along with others. Paul, however, now draws, as if in a picture, a striking likeness of Antichrist; for it may be easily gathered from these words what is the nature... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Thessalonians 2:5

Verse 5 5Do ye not remember? This added no small weight to the doctrine, that they had previously heard it from the mouth of Paul, that they might not think that it had been contrived by him at the instant. And as he had given them early warning as to the reign of Antichrist, and the devastation that was coming upon the Church, when no question had as yet been raised as to such things, he saw beyond all doubt that the doctrine was specially useful to be known. And, unquestionably, it is really... read more

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Thessalonians 2:2

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Thessalonians 2:3

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Thessalonians 2:4

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Thessalonians 2:5

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Thessalonians 2:6

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Thessalonians 2:1

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Thessalonians 2:2

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Thessalonians 2:3

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Thessalonians 2:4

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Thessalonians 2:5

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