Who is Paul discussing in 2 Thessalonians 2?

[covenantee]

John wrote of a singular individual he called antichrist, so did Paul (man of sin) etc. Most ppl speak of this person as the AC but there are many names.

John identified the singular antichrist as hearsay ("ye have heard"), and corrected the misunderstanding by his explanation of many antichrists.

John rejected the hearsay of a singular antichrist.

 

[Spiritual Israelite]

John wrote of a singular individual he called antichrist

1 John 2:18 Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time.

1 John 2:22 And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.

1 John 4:3 Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son.

2 John 1:7 For many deceivers are entered into the world, who confess not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an antichrist.

All who deny that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh and that Jesus is the Christ are antichrists and have the spirit of antichrist and many antichrists were already in the world in John's time. He never mentions an individual Antichrist.