2 Thessalonians 2

2 Thessalonians 2:3

:TEXT: “and the man of lawlessness is revealed”

S B 81 104 1739 1881 one lat cop

ASVn RSV NASV NIV NEB (“wickedness”) TEV (“the Wicked One”) RANK: CNOTES: “and the man of sin is revealed”

A D G K L P Psi 614 630 1241 2495 Byz Lect most lat vg syr(p,h)

KJV ASV RSVn NASVn NIVnCOMMENTS: Although it is possible that some Alexandrian copyists borrowed “lawlessness” from verse 7, it is also possible that other copyists changed the rare word “lawlessness” into the common word “sin.”

2 Thessalonians 2:8

:TEXT: “whom the Lord Jesus will kill with the breath”

A B P 81 104 lat? vg? cop?

ASV RSV NASV NIV? (“overthrow”) NEB (“destroy”) TEV RANK: CNOTES: “whom the Lord Jesus will consume with the breath”

\ Dc \ K Psi \ 614 630 1241 \ 1881 2495 Byz Lect lat? vg? syr(p,h) cop?

KJV ASVn NIV?: The evidence listed above in braces has a rare form of the verb that is only one letter different from the text reading. The other evidence supporting “consume” represents a grammatical correction to the more usual form of the verb. Although it is possible that the text reading was produced by copyists when they made the passage read like the similar passage in Isaiah 11:4 (which in the Greek Old Testament has “will kill”), it is also possible that the rare grammatical form of “will consume” was produced accidently through a mistake of the eyes or the ears.

2 Thessalonians 2:11

:TEXT: “God sends them a working of error”

S* A B D* F G 33 1739 1881 one lat earlier vg one cop(south)

ASV RSV NASVn NIV NEB TEV RANK: -NOTES: “God will send them a working of error”

S2 D2 Psi Maj most lat later vg most cop

KJV NASV*: There is only one letter difference between the future and the present tense. The text reading is found in early manuscripts of both the Alexandrian and Western kinds of ancient text.

2 Thessalonians 2:13

:TEXT: “God picked plyou as firstfruits for salvation”

B F G P 33 81 1739 1881 some lat vg syr(h) cop(north)

ASVn RSVn NASVn NIVn NEBn TEV RANK: CNOTES: “God picked plyou from the beginning for salvation”

S D K L Psi 104 614 630 1241 2495 Byz Lect some lat syr(p) cop(south)

KJV ASV RSV NASV NIV NEB TEVnCOMMENTS: There is only one letter’s difference between “as firstfruits” and “from the beginning.” The UBS Textual Committee preferred “firstfruits” because the prepositional phrase “from the beginning” is not used elsewhere by Paul while he uses the word “firstfruits” six other times, and in two of those places some copyists have changed “firstfruits” to “from the beginning.”