Commentaries:
People's Commentary (NT)
2 Thessalonians 2:3
Except there come a falling away first. An apostasy must precede
the Coming. That is, there shall be a general falling away from the
purity of the faith. No apostasy of magnitude occurred in the history
of the church for centuries, which could answer to Paul's description,
but the gradual declension, corruption, and departure from the ancient
faith, which was fully developed a few hundred years later, has always
been spoken of by Protestant church historians as "The Apostasy". There
is no good reason for doubting that it is to the apostle refers.
And that man of sin be revealed. He shall be revealed then in
connection with the apostasy.
The son of perdition. This expression occurs once elsewhere, and
is there applied to Judas, an apostate (John 17:12). Here it evidently
has a similar application. Some power, once Christian, falls away and
becomes opposed to Christ.
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
2 Thessalonians 2:3
1 Timothy 4:1
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