2 Thessalonians 2:2

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand.

Shaken

By spirit

Revelation 19:20

Nor by letter

1 Thessalonians 4:15

2 Peter 3:4

General references

Acts 3:20

Bible References

Shaken

And word came to the family of David that Aram had put up its tents in Ephraim. And the king's heart, and the hearts of his people, were moved, like the trees of the wood shaking in the wind.

Do not say, It is holy, about everything of which this people says, It is holy; and do not be in fear of what they go in fear of.

The man whose heart is unmoved you will keep in peace, because his hope is in you.

And news will come to you of wars and talk of wars: do not be troubled, for these things have to be; but it is still not the end.

And when you have news of wars and talk of wars, do not be troubled; these things have to be, but it is still not the end.

And when news of wars and troubled times comes to your ears, have no fear; for these things have to be, but the end will not be now.

Let not your heart be troubled: have faith in God and have faith in me.

Only that the Holy Spirit makes clear to me in every town that prison and pains are waiting for me.

Do not be turned from the right way by foolish words; for because of these things the punishment of God comes on those who do not put themselves under him.

So that no man might be moved by these troubles; because you see that these things are part of God's purpose for us.

By spirit

If ever you have among you a prophet or a dreamer of dreams and he gives you a sign or a wonder,

My ears have been open to what the prophets have said, who say false words in my name, saying, I have had a dream, I have had a dream, I have had a dream,

If a man came with a false spirit of deceit, saying, I will be a prophet to you of wine and strong drink: he would be the sort of prophet for this people.

And Jesus said to them in answer, Take care that you are not tricked.

But there were false prophets among the people, as there will be false teachers among you, who will secretly put forward wrong teachings for your destruction, even turning away from the Lord who gave himself for them; whose destruction will come quickly, and they themselves will be the cause of it.

My loved ones, do not put your faith in every spirit, but put them to the test, to see if they are from God: because a great number of false prophets have gone out into the world.

And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet who did the signs before him, by which they were turned from the true way who had the mark of the beast, and who gave worship to his image: these two were put living into the sea of ever-burning fire.

Nor by letter

For this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are still living at the coming of the Lord, will not go before those who are sleeping.

Saying, Where is the hope of his coming? From the death of the fathers till now everything has gone on as it was from the making of the world.

General references

And that he may send the Christ who was marked out for you from the first, even Jesus: