2 Thessalonians 2:8
Good News Translation
Then the Wicked One will be revealed, but when the Lord Jesus comes, he will kill him with the breath from his mouth and destroy him with his dazzling presence.

New Revised Standard Version
And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will destroy with the breath of his mouth, annihilating him by the manifestation of his coming.

Contemporary English Version
Then he will appear, but the Lord Jesus will kill him simply by breathing on him. He will be completely destroyed by the Lord's glorious return.

New American Bible
And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord [Jesus] will kill with the breath of his mouth and render powerless by the manifestation of his coming,

Douay-Rheims Bible
And then that wicked one shall be revealed: whom the Lord Jesus shall kill with the spirit of his mouth and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming: him

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And then that wicked one shall be revealed: whom the Lord Jesus shall kill with the spirit of his mouth and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming: him

that.

2 Thessalonians 2:3 Let no man deceive you by any means: for unless there come a revolt first, and the man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition

Matthew 13:19,38 When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, there cometh the wicked one, and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart: this is he that received the seed by the way side. . . .

1 John 2:13 I write unto you, fathers, because you have known him who is from the beginning. I write unto you, young men, because you have overcome the wicked one.

1 John 3:12 Not as Cain, who was of the wicked one and killed his brother. And wherefore did he kill him? Because his own works were wicked: and his brother's just.

1 John 5:18 We know that whosoever is born of God sinneth not: but the generation of God preserveth him and the wicked one toucheth him not.

whom.

Daniel 7:10,11,26 A swift stream of fire issued forth from before him: thousands of thousands ministered to him, and ten thousand times a hundred thousand stood before him: the judgment sat, and the books were opened. . . .

Revelation 18:8-10 Therefore, shall her plagues come in one day, death and mourning and famine. And she shall be burnt with the fire: because God is strong, who shall judge her. . . .

Revelation 19:20 And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet who wrought signs before him, wherewith he seduced them who received the character of the beast and who adored his image. These two were cast alive into the pool of fire burning with brimstone.

Revelation 20:10 And the false prophet shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.

the spirit.

Job 4:9 Perishing by the blast of God, and consumed by the spirit of his wrath.

Psalm 18:15 Then the fountains of waters appeared, and the foundations of the world were discovered: At thy rebuke, O Lord, at the blast of the spirit of thy wrath.

Isaiah 11:4 But he shall judge the poor with justice, and shall reprove with equity the meek of the earth: and he shall strike the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips he shall slay the wicked.

Hosea 6:5 For this reason have I hewed them by the prophets, I have slain them by the words of my mouth: and thy judgments shall go forth as the light.

Revelation 1:16 And he had in his right hand seven stars. And from his mouth came out a sharp two-edged sword. And his face was as the sun shineth in his power.

Revelation 2:16 In like manner do penance. If not, I will come to thee quickly and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth.

Revelation 19:15,20,21 And out of his mouth proceedeth a sharp two-edged sword, that with it he may strike the nations. And he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness of the wrath of God the Almighty. . . .

with the brightness.

2 Thessalonians 1:8,9 In a flame of fire, giving vengeance to them who know not God and who obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. . . .

Hebrews 10:27 But a certain dreadful expectation of judgment, and the rage of a fire which shall consume the adversaries.

Context
The Man of Lawlessness
7For the mystery of iniquity already worketh: only that he who now holdeth do hold, until he be taken out of the way. 8And then that wicked one shall be revealed: whom the Lord Jesus shall kill with the spirit of his mouth and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming: him 9Whose coming is according to the working of Satan, in all power and signs and lying wonders:…
Cross References
Job 4:9
Perishing by the blast of God, and consumed by the spirit of his wrath.

Isaiah 11:4
But he shall judge the poor with justice, and shall reprove with equity the meek of the earth: and he shall strike the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips he shall slay the wicked.

Isaiah 30:28
His breath as a torrent overflowing even to the midst of the neck, to destroy the nations unto nothing, and the bridle of error that was in the jaws of the people.

Daniel 7:25
And he shall speak words against the High One, and shall crush the saints of the most High: and he shall think himself able to change times and laws, and they shall be delivered into his hand until a time, and times, and half a time.

Daniel 8:25
According to his will, and craft shall be successful in his hand: and his heart shall be puffed up, and in the abundance of all things he shall kill many: and he shall rise up against the prince of princes, and shall be broken without hand.

Daniel 11:36
And the king shall do according to his will, and he shall be lifted up, and shall magnify himself against every god: and he shall speak great things against the God of gods, and shall prosper, till the wrath be accomplished. For the determination is made.

Matthew 16:27
For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels: and then will he render to every man according to his works.

Matthew 16:28
Amen I say to you, there are some of them that stand here, that shall not taste death, till they see the Son of man coming in his kingdom.

1 Corinthians 1:28
And the base things of the world and the things that are contemptible, hath God chosen: and things that are not, that he might bring to nought things that are:

2 Thessalonians 1:9
Who shall suffer eternal punishment in destruction, from the face of the Lord and from the glory of his power:

2 Thessalonians 2:3
Let no man deceive you by any means: for unless there come a revolt first, and the man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition

1 Timothy 6:14
That thou keep the commandment without spot, blameless, unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ,

2 Timothy 1:10
But is now made manifest by the illumination of our Saviour Jesus Christ, who hath destroyed death and hath brought to light life and incorruption by the gospel.

2 Timothy 4:1
I charge thee, before God and Jesus Christ, who shall judge the living and the dead, by his coming and his kingdom:

2 Timothy 4:8
As to the rest, there is laid up for me a crown of justice which the Lord the just judge will render to me in that day: and not only to me, but to them also that love his coming. Make haste to come to me quickly.

Titus 2:13
Looking for the blessed hope and coming of the glory of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ.

Revelation 2:16
In like manner do penance. If not, I will come to thee quickly and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth.

Revelation 13:5
And there was given to him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies: and power was given to him to do, two and forty months.

Revelation 19:15
And out of his mouth proceedeth a sharp two-edged sword, that with it he may strike the nations. And he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness of the wrath of God the Almighty.

2 Thessalonians 2:7
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