Verse 3
3. No man deceive you Words very similar to those of our Lord.
Matthew 24:4. Deceive does not necessarily imply a deceptive purpose in the man.
By any means The three above enumerated means, or any other.
That day shall not come Critics agree that the italicised words, though not in the Greek, are properly supplied by our translators. A (or rather, the definite article the) falling away The apostasy the well-known apostasy. Not a political rebellion or revolt. The whole passage indicates that it is a religious apostasy from Christ, led by antichrist, the man of sin, leading to the most blasphemous opposition to God.
Man of sin Not merely sinful man, but man made up of sin. He is concrete wickedness. A deep allusion to the Satanic character lying at the base of antichrist.
Son of perdition Applied by Christ to the antichrist among his apostles, Judas. John 17:12.
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