2 Thessalonians 2:6
And now you know what it is that holds him back, so that he may be revealed in his own time.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
And now ye know what withholdeth that he might be revealed in his time.
In Context
5Do you not recall that, when I was still with you, I told you these things?
Cross References
2 Thessalonians 2:8And then that iniquitous one shall be revealed, the one whom the Lord Jesus shall bring to ruin with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy at the brightness of his return:
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 →