Books of the Bible / 2 Thessalonians
Random Verse from 2 Thessalonians
Roll a random verse from 2 Thessalonians -- 3 chapters, 47 verses -- with the same crypto-secure, unbiased draw as the main generator, scoped to just this book.
“Now you know what is restraining him, to the end that he may be revealed in his own season.”
2 Thessalonians 2:6
World English Bible (WEB) — public domain
About 2 Thessalonians (summary)
2 Thessalonians is book 53 of 66 in the Protestant canon, part of the New Testament. It runs 3 chapters and 47 verses in the World English Bible (WEB) — public domain -- both counts computed directly from this site's own copy of that data, the same pool this roller draws from, not entered by hand.
Frequently Asked Questions
How long is 2 Thessalonians compared to other books of the Bible?
2 Thessalonians is the 59th longest of the 66 books by verse count, with 47 verses across 3 chapters -- an average of 15.7 verses per chapter.
What translation is the text drawn from?
The World English Bible (WEB) — public domain, a public-domain English translation, so every verse can be quoted here in full without a license. The reference and wording are looked up from this site's own copy of that same text, not paraphrased.
Where does 2 Thessalonians sit among the other New Testament books?
2 Thessalonians is book 14 of 27 in the New Testament, and book 53 of 66 overall in the Protestant canon.
What books come right before and after 2 Thessalonians?
1 Thessalonians comes directly before it (5 chapters). 1 Timothy comes directly after it (6 chapters).
How is the random verse actually chosen?
With the Web Crypto API's cryptographically-secure random number generator, picking uniformly among all 47 verses in 2 Thessalonians -- not a pseudo-random Math.random() draw, and not weighted toward well-known verses, so an obscure genealogy verse has exactly the same chance of coming up as a famous one.