2 Thessalonians 2:4 KJV
Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.
Words Then and Now
- shewing to show Still heard today: show, the same word; shewn is still a British legal spelling Webster’s 1828 · Shewing
What these words mean in the King James Bible, and where you’ll still hear them today.
Matthew Henry
- Cautions against the error that the time of Christ's coming was just at hand. There would first be a general apostacy from the faith, and a revealing of the antichristian man of sinIf errors arise among Christians, we should set them right; and good men will be careful to suppress errors which rise from mistaking their words and...
Thompson Chains
- Self-exaltationLink 9 of 10 · next 1 Timothy 6:9
- AmbitionSee the chain from Genesis 11:4 · 11 links
- AntichristSee the chain from 1 John 2:18 · 2 links
Parallel Passages
- Isaiah 14:14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.
From Thompson’s Chain-Reference Bible (1908).
Cross References
- Ezekiel 28:2 Son of man, say unto the prince of Tyrus, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thine heart is lifted up, and thou hast said, I am a God, I sit in the seat of God, in the midst of the seas; yet thou art a man, and not God, though thou set thine heart as the heart of God:
- 1 Corinthians 8:5 For though there be that are called gods, whether in heaven or in earth, (as there be gods many, and lords many,)
- Isaiah 14:13–14 For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: …
- Revelation 13:6–7 And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven. …
- Ezekiel 28:6 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thou hast set thine heart as the heart of God;
- Ezekiel 28:9 Wilt thou yet say before him that slayeth thee, I am God? but thou shalt be a man, and no God, in the hand of him that slayeth thee.
- Daniel 7:8 I considered the horns, and, behold, there came up among them another little horn, before whom there were three of the first horns plucked up by the roots: and, behold, in this horn were eyes like the eyes of man, and a mouth speaking great things.
- Daniel 7:25 And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time.
- Daniel 8:9–14 And out of one of them came forth a little horn, which waxed exceeding great, toward the south, and toward the east, and toward the pleasant land. …
- Daniel 11:36 And the king shall do according to his will; and he shall exalt himself, and magnify himself above every god, and shall speak marvellous things against the God of gods, and shall prosper till the indignation be accomplished: for that that is determined shall be done.
- Daniel 11:45 And he shall plant the tabernacles of his palace between the seas in the glorious holy mountain; yet he shall come to his end, and none shall help him.
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Topics
- Antichrist General scriptures concerning
- Blasphemy General scriptures concerning
- Self-exaltation General scriptures concerning
- Temple Of the ekklesia (body of Christ)
Timeline
- Timeline of the BibleAbout AD 54 · The Second Epistle to the Thessalonians
Bible Dictionary
- God(A.S. and Dutch God; Dan. Gud; Ger. Gott), the name of the Divine Being. It is the rendering (1) of the Hebrew ’El, from a word meaning...
Greek and Strong’s
- Who Ὁ Ho ὁ Pronoun · nominative masculine singular
- opposeth ἀντικείμενος antikeimenos ἀντίκειμαι Verb · present middle participle, nominative masculine singular
- and καὶ kai καί Conjunction
- exalteth ὑπεραιρόμενος hyperairomenos ὑπεραίρομαι Verb · present middle participle, nominative masculine singular
- himself above ἐπὶ epi ἐπί Preposition
- all πάντα panta πᾶς Article · accusative masculine singular
- that is called λεγόμενον legomenon λέγω Verb · present passive participle, accusative masculine singular
- God Θεὸν Theon θεός Noun · accusative masculine singular
- or ἢ ē ἤ Conjunction
- that is worshipped σέβασμα sebasma σέβασμα Noun · accusative neuter singular
- so ὥστε hōste ὥστε Conjunction
- that he αὐτὸν auton αὐτός Pronoun · third person, accusative masculine singular
- as ὡς hōs ὡς Conjunction
- God τοῦ tou Article · genitive masculine singular Θεοῦ Theou θεός Noun · genitive masculine singular
- sitteth καθίσαι kathisai καθίζω Verb · aorist active infinitive
- in εἰς eis εἰς Preposition
- the temple τὸν ton Article · accusative masculine singular ναὸν naon ναός Noun · accusative masculine singular
- of God Θεὸν Theon θεός Noun · accusative masculine singular
- shewing ἀποδεικνύντα apodeiknynta ἀποδείκνυμι Verb · present active participle, accusative masculine singular
- himself ἑαυτὸν heauton ἑαυτοῦ Pronoun · third person, accusative masculine singular
- that ὅτι hoti ὅτι Conjunction
- he is ἔστιν estin Verb · present active indicative, third person singular ἐστί estí
- God Θεός Theos θεός Noun · nominative masculine singular
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