^3 (A)No one is to deceive you in any way! For it will not come unless the ^[a](B)apostasy comes first, and the ^(C)man of lawlessness is revealed, the ^(D)son of destruction,

⁴ You have been severed from Christ, you who ^[a]are seeking to be justified by the ^[b]Law; you have ^(A)fallen from grace.

¹⁸ that they were saying to you, “^(A)In the last time there will be mockers, ^(B)following after their own ungodly lusts.” ¹⁹ These are the ones who cause divisions, ^[a](C)worldly-minded, ^[b]devoid of the Spirit.