2 Thessalonians 2:4

Where it is preached

1. Institutes of the Christian Religion · John Calvin

   Book 4, Chapter 7 — Of the Beginning and Rise of the Romish Papacy, Till It Attained a Height by Which the Liberty of the Church Was Destroyed, and All True Rule Overthrown cites 2 Thess. 2:4

   …be understood of the Papacy. Paul says that Antichrist would sit in the temple of God (2 Thess. 2:4). In another passage, the Spirit, portraying him in the person of Antiochus, says that…

2. The Ten Commandments · Thomas Watson

   1.3 The Preface to the Commandments cites 2 Thess 2: 4

   …of kings and emperors, when he usurps God’s title, ‘showing himself that he is God’? 2 Thess 2: 4. He seeks to make himself Lord of heaven, for he will canonise saints there; Lord of…

3. The Bondage of the Will · Martin Luther

   Exordium cites 2 Thess. ii. 4

   …his minions whom he knows not to be saints, setting himself in the place of God. (2 Thess. ii. 4.) . All that I say concerning those saints of yours, or rather, ours, is this: — that…

4. The Bondage of the Will · Martin Luther

   Discussion: Part the First cites 2 Thess. ii. 4

   …my own, I follow Paul, who, writing to the Thessalonians concerning Antichrist, saith, (2 Thess. ii. 4.) “that he should exalt himself above all that is God, as preached and worshipped:”…

5. Institutes of the Christian Religion · John Calvin

   Book 4, Chapter 2 — Comparison Between the False Church and the True cites 2 Thess. 2:4

   …Daniel and Paul foretold that Antichrist would sit in the temple of God (Dan. 9:27; 2 Thess. 2:4); we regard the Roman Pontiff as the leader and standard-bearer of that wicked and…

6. Institutes of the Christian Religion · John Calvin

   Book 4, Chapter 9 — Of Councils and Their Authority cites 2 Thess. 2:4

   …24). Nay, Paul openly declares, that Antichrist would have his seat in the temple of God (2 Thess. 2:4); thereby intimating, that the fearful calamity of which he was speaking would come only…

7. Knots Untied · J. C. Ryle

   Idolatry cites 2 Thess. ii. 4

   …many suppose. It is an evil that, like the man of sin, “sits in the very temple of God.” (2 Thess. ii. 4.) It is a sin that we all need to watch and pray against continually. It creeps into our…