2 Thessalonians 2:7

For the mystery of iniquity is already at work; only he that now restrains will restrain, till he be taken out of the way:

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way.

In Context

6And now you know what restrains, in order that he may be revealed in his own proper time.

8and then shall that lawless one be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will destroy by the spirit of his mouth, and will utterly overthrow by the brightness of his coming:

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Cross References

Colossians 2:18Let no one gain his purpose in depriving you of the palm by an affected humility and worship of angels, prying into things which he has not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind,

2 Timothy 2:17and their word will eat as a gangrene: of whom are Hymenæus and Philetus,

1 John 4:3and whatever spirit confesses not that Jesus Christ came in the flesh, is not from God: and this is the spirit of antichrist, of which you have heard that it comes, and is now already in the world.

Revelation 17:7And the angel said to me: Why did you wonder? I will tell you the mystery of the woman, and of the beast that carries her, that has seven heads and ten horns.

Matthew Henry on 2 Thessalonians 2:2-13

Cautions against False Alarm. ( a. d. 52.) 1 Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him, 2 That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand. 3 Let no man deceive you by any means— From these words it appears that some among the Thessalonians had mistaken the apostle's meaning, in what he had written in his former epistle about the coming of Christ, by… Read the whole commentary →

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