2 Thessalonians 2:8 (DRB)

Passage

And then that wicked one shall be revealed: whom the Lord Jesus shall kill with the spirit of his mouth and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming: him

Nearby Context

2 Thessalonians 2:6 And now you know what withholdeth, that he may be revealed in his time.

2 Thessalonians 2:7 For the mystery of iniquity already worketh: only that he who now holdeth do hold, until he be taken out of the way.

2 Thessalonians 2:8 And then that wicked one shall be revealed: whom the Lord Jesus shall kill with the spirit of his mouth and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming: him

2 Thessalonians 2:9 Whose coming is according to the working of Satan, in all power and signs and lying wonders:

2 Thessalonians 2:10 And in all seduction of iniquity to them that perish: because they receive not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. Therefore God shall send them the operation of error, to believe lying:

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "Spirit", "wicked", "shall", "revealed", "lord", "jesus", and "kill". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "Spirit" and "wicked", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 7's "For the mystery of iniquity already worketh..." into verse 9's "Whose coming is according to the working...", so "Spirit" and "wicked" belong inside that flow. In 2 Thessalonians context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "Spirit" and "wicked" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.