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2 Thessalonians 2
[Bible]2 Thessalonians 2 corrects the Thessalonian church, which had been unsettled by claims that "the day of the Lord" had already come, by teaching that a falling away must occur and the man of lawlessness must appear before that day. The chapter closes with thanksgiving for God's choosing of the believers and an exhortation to hold fast to the teaching they had received.
Ananias (Husband of Sapphira)
[People]Ananias was a member of the early church in Jerusalem who appears in Acts 5. With his wife Sapphira, he kept back part of the price of land they had sold while presenting the rest as the full amount, and he died after being rebuked by Peter.