2 Tesalonika 2:4-5

2:4 He ¹  opposes and exalts himself above every so-called god or object of worship, and as a result he takes his seat ²  in God’s temple, displaying himself as God. ³  2:5 Surely you recall ⁴  that I used to tell you these things while I was still with you.

[2:4]  ¹ tn Grk “the one who opposes,” describing the figure in v. 3. A new sentence was started here in the translation by supplying the personal pronoun (“he”) and translating the participle ἀντικείμενος (antikeimeno") as a finite verb.

[2:4]  ² sn Allusions to Isa 14:13-14; Dan 11:36; Ezek 28:2-9 respectively.

[2:4]  ³ tn Grk “that he is God.”

[2:5]  ⁴ tn Grk “You do remember, don’t you?”