2 Thessalonians 2:6

And now you know what holdeth, that he may be revealed in his time.

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

In The King James Version

And now ye know what withholdeth that he might be revealed in his time.

In Context

5Do you not remember, that, when I was with you, these I told you?

7For the mystery of iniquity already beginneth to be effective; only if that which now holdeth be taken from the midst,

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Cross References

2 Thessalonians 2:8then will be revealed that evil one, whom our Lord Jeshu will consume by the spirit of his mouth, and will abolish by the revelation of his advent.

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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