2 Thessalonians 2:4 (YLT)

Passage

who is opposing and is raising himself up above all called God or worshipped, so that he in the sanctuary of God as God hath sat down, shewing himself off that he is God--<FI> the day doth not come<Fi> .

Nearby Context

2 Thessalonians 2:2 that ye be not quickly shaken in mind, nor be troubled, neither through spirit, neither through word, neither through letters as through us, as that the day of Christ hath arrived;

2 Thessalonians 2:3 let not any one deceive you in any manner, because--if the falling away may not come first, and the man of sin be revealed--the son of the destruction,

2 Thessalonians 2:4 who is opposing and is raising himself up above all called God or worshipped, so that he in the sanctuary of God as God hath sat down, shewing himself off that he is God--<FI> the day doth not come<Fi> .

2 Thessalonians 2:5 Do ye not remember that, being yet with you, these things I said to you?

2 Thessalonians 2:6 and now, what is keeping down ye have known, for his being revealed in his own time,

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "called", "opposing", "raising", "himself", "above", "worshipped", "sanctuary", and "hath". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "called" and "opposing", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 3's "let not any one deceive you in..." into verse 5's "Do ye not remember that being yet...", so "called" and "opposing" 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 "called" and "opposing" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.