³ Do not let anyone ·fool [deceive] you in any way. That day of the Lord [v. 2] will not come until the ·turning away from God [great rebellion; apostasy; Matt. 24:11–12; 1 Tim. 4:1; 2 Tim. 3:1–5; 2 Pet. 2:3; Jude 18] happens and the Man of ·Evil^[a] [Wickedness; ^LLawlessness; ^Cprobably the Antichrist; 1 John 2:18; Rev. 13], ·who is on his way to hell [^Lthe son of destruction; John 17:12], appears.