Exodus 11:1-10

(1)  The LORD said to Moses, "Yet one plague more I will bring upon Pharaoh and upon Egypt. Afterward he will let you go from here. When he lets you go, he will drive you away completely.

(2)  Speak now in the hearing of the people, that they ask, every man of his neighbor and every woman of her neighbor, for silver and gold jewelry."

(3)  And the LORD gave the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians. Moreover, the man Moses was very great in the land of Egypt, in the sight of Pharaoh's servants and in the sight of the people.

(4)  So Moses said, "Thus says the LORD: About midnight I will go out in the midst of Egypt,

(5)  and every firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sits on his throne, even to the firstborn of the slave girl who is behind the handmill, and all the firstborn of the cattle.

(6)  There shall be a great cry throughout all the land of Egypt, such as there has never been, nor ever will be again.

(7)  But not a dog shall growl against any of the people of Israel, either man or beast, that you may know that the LORD makes a distinction between Egypt and Israel.

(8)  And all these your servants shall come down to me and bow down to me, saying, 'Get out, you and all the people who follow you.' And after that I will go out." And he went out from Pharaoh in hot anger.

(9)  Then the LORD said to Moses, "Pharaoh will not listen to you, that my wonders may be multiplied in the land of Egypt."

(10)  Moses and Aaron did all these wonders before Pharaoh, and the LORD hardened Pharaoh's heart, and he did not let the people of Israel go out of his land.

2 Thessalonians 2:1-17

(1)  Now concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered together to him, we ask you, brothers,

(2)  not to be quickly shaken in mind or alarmed, either by a spirit or a spoken word, or a letter seeming to be from us, to the effect that the day of the Lord has come.

(3)  Let no one deceive you in any way. For that day will not come, unless the rebellion comes first, and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction,

(4)  who opposes and exalts himself against every so-called god or object of worship, so that he takes his seat in the temple of God, proclaiming himself to be God.

(5)  Do you not remember that when I was still with you I told you these things?

(6)  And you know what is restraining him now so that he may be revealed in his time.

(7)  For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work. Only he who now restrains it will do so until he is out of the way.

(8)  And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will kill with the breath of his mouth and bring to nothing by the appearance of his coming.

(9)  The coming of the lawless one is by the activity of Satan with all power and false signs and wonders,

(10)  and with all wicked deception for those who are perishing, because they refused to love the truth and so be saved.

(11)  Therefore God sends them a strong delusion, so that they may believe what is false,

(12)  in order that all may be condemned who did not believe the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness.

(13)  But we ought always to give thanks to God for you, brothers beloved by the Lord, because God chose you as the firstfruits to be saved, through sanctification by the Spirit and belief in the truth.

(14)  To this he called you through our gospel, so that you may obtain the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.

(15)  So then, brothers, stand firm and hold to the traditions that you were taught by us, either by our spoken word or by our letter.

(16)  Now may our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our Father, who loved us and gave us eternal comfort and good hope through grace,

(17)  comfort your hearts and establish them in every good work and word.