2 Thessalonians 2:9 (WEB)

Passage

even he whose coming is according to the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,

Nearby Context

2 Thessalonians 2:7 For the mystery of lawlessness already works. Only there is one who restrains now, until he is taken out of the way.

2 Thessalonians 2:8 Then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord will kill with the breath of his mouth, and destroy by the manifestation of his coming;

2 Thessalonians 2:9 even he whose coming is according to the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,

2 Thessalonians 2:10 and with all deception of wickedness for those who are being lost, because they didn’t receive the love of the truth, that they might be saved.

2 Thessalonians 2:11 Because of this, God sends them a working of error, that they should believe a lie;

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "even", "whose", "coming", "working", "satan", "power", "signs", and "lying". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "even" and "whose", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 8's "Then the lawless one will be revealed..." into verse 10's "and with all deception of wickedness for...", so "even" and "whose" 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 "even" and "whose" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.