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JST II Thessalonians 2:1-14 Chiasm
. . A-1 v1Now we beseech you, brethren,
. . A-2 by the coming
. . A-3 of our Lord Jesus Christ,
. . . . B and by our gathering together unto him, [Zeph. 3:13,19; Ezek. 20:34,41.]
. . . . . . C-1 v2That ye be not
. . . . . . C-2 soon shaken in mind,
. . . . . . C-3 or be troubled by letter,
. . . . . . C-4 except ye receive it from us;
. . . . . . C-5 neither by spirit, nor by word,
. . . . . . . . . . D(1) as that the day
of Christ
. . . . . . . . . . D(2) is at hand.
. . . . . . . . . . D(3) v3 Let no man deceive you
. . . . . . . . . . D(4) by any means:
. . . . . . . . . . D(5) for there shall come a falling
away
. . . . . . . . . . . . E-1 first,
. . . . . . . . . . . . E-2 and that man of sin
. . . . . . . . . . . . E-3 be revealed, the son of
perdition;
. . . . . . . . . . . . E-4 v4 Who opposeth and exalteth himself above
all that is called God, or that is worshipped;
. . . . . . . . . . . . E-5 so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, showing
himself that he is God. [Isa. 66:6 "...A voice from the temple..."]
. . [Omission] v5Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things?
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F-1 v6 And now ye know
what withholdeth
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F-2 that he might be revealed
in his time.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G-1 v7
For the mystery of iniquity
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G-2 doth already
work,
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G-1 and he
it is
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G-2 who now worketh,
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G-1 and Christ
suffereth him
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G-2 to work,
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F-1 until the time is fulfilled
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F-2 that he shall be taken out
of the way. [Ezek. 17:22-24; 20:38-40; 21:25-27; 22:31;
34:10,27,28; JST-Matt. 21:55,56; D&C 64:39,40; 50:6-8; 76:30,36; 114:2.]
. . . . . . . . . . . . E-1 v8 And then
. . . . . . . . . . . . E-2 shall that Wicked one
. . . . . . . . . . . . E-3 be revealed,
. . . . . . . . . . . . E-4 whom the Lord shall consume
with the spirit of his mouth,
. . . . . . . . . . . . E-5 and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming. [Isa. 66:5 "...He shall appear to your joy, and they shall be
ashamed..."]
. . . . . . . . . . D(1) v9 Yea, the Lord, even
Jesus, whose coming
. . . . . . . . . . D(2) is not until after
. . . . . . . . . . D(5) there cometh a falling away,
. . . . . . . . . . D(4) by the working of Satan with all power and signs and
lying wonders,
. . . . . . . . . . D(3) v10 And with all deceivableness
of unrighteousness in them that perish;
. . . . . . . . . . D(4) because they received not the love of the truth, that they might
be saved.
. . . . . . C-1 v11 And for this cause
. . . . . . C-2 God shall send them strong delusion, [Isa.
66:4 "I...will choose their delusions..."; Ezek. 20:25,26; 22:25-30 = Zeph.
3:1-4.]
. . . . . . C-3 that they should believe a lie:
. . . . . . C-4 v12 That they all might be damned who believed not the truth,
. . . . . . C-5 but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
. . . . B v13 But we are bound to give thanks alway to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth:
. . A-1 v14 Whereunto he called you
. . A-2 by our gospel, to the obtaining of the glory
. . A-3 of our Lord Jesus Christ.
by Sterling D. Allan; Tucson, Arizona, April 2, 1995
See also:
 | JST-II Thessalonians chiasm in script (1995) |
| JST-II Thessalonians chiasm in script in script (1998) |
| Isaiah 66 = II Thessalonians 2 parallel ("God shall send them strong delusion, that they believe a lie") Download WP.zip or RTF.zip. |
| II Thessalonians 2 = Isaiah 66 parallel in script (1995) |
| II Thessalonians 2 = Isaiah 66 parallel in script (1998) |
| The Man of Sin Revealed (88 page book (converted to HTML)) [if you are reading this document, click here to continue with chapter 4. "II Thes. 2 Chiasm"] |
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| Observations upon II Thessalonians 2
by Bert Cox Addresses: what is the apostasy, or great falling away; what is it that withholds; the "he" in he who lets, (or restrains, or holds); what the "Mystery of iniquity" relates to. |
