Let no one deceive you in any way. For it will not be, unless the departure comes first, and the man of sin is revealed, the son of destruction,
There is a tremendous spiritual war going on. Since his creation, man has been tricked and deceived either by Satan (Genesis 3:13), Satan’s followers (Matthew 24:4), or even by man himself (l Corinthians 3:18; James 1:26). The Apostle Paul warned the Corinthians of the possibility of following Eve in deception instead of the simplicity that is in Christ. Severe consequences befall the one who follows another claiming to be Jesus or receiving another spirit or accepting another gospel, which is defined by Paul as a perverted gospel (Galatians 1:6-9; 2 Corinthians 11:3-4; Ephesians 5:6).