2 Thessalonians 2:7

For the mystery of iniquity is already working; only until he who now withholds shall be out of the way.

The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)

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 ye know what withholds, in order that he may be revealed in his own time.

8And then will the Lawless One be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will consume with the breath of his mouth, and will destroy with the manifestation of his coming;

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Cross References

Colossians 2:18Let no one defraud you of the prize, seeking it[2:18] in humiliation and worship of the angels, intruding into things which he has not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind,

2 Timothy 2:17And their word will eat as does a canker; of whom is Hymenaeus and Philetus;

1 John 4:3Every spirit that acknowledges that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh, is of God; and every spirit that does not acknowledge Jesus, is not of God; and this is that of the antichrist, of which ye have heard that it should come; and now, it is already in the world.

Revelation 17:7And the angel said to me: Wherefore didst thou wonder? I will tell thee the mystery of the woman, and of the beast that carries her, which has the seven heads and the 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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