²⁵ And he will ^[a](A)speak against the ^(B)Most High and ^(C)wear down the ^[b]saints of the Highest One, and he will intend to make ^(D)alterations in times and in law; and ^[c]they will be handed over to him for a ^[d](E)time, ^[e]times, and half a ^[f]time.

³⁶ “Then the king will ^(A)do as he pleases, and he will exalt himself and ^(B)boast against every god and will ^(C)speak ^[a]dreadful things against the ^(D)God of gods; and he will be successful until the ^(E)indignation is finished, because that which is ^(F)determined will be done.

^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 who opposes and exalts himself above ^[b](E)every so-called god or object of worship, so that he takes his seat in the temple of God, ^(F)displaying himself as being God.

⁸ Then that lawless one ^(A)will be revealed, whom the Lord will eliminate ^(B)with the breath of His mouth and bring to an end by the ^(C)appearance of His ^[a]coming;