2 Thessalonians 2:6
And now you know what is holding him back, to the end that he may be revealed in his appointed time.
Montgomery New Testament
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 I often told you this, when I was with you?
Cross References
2 Thessalonians 2:8and then the lawless one will be revealed. Him the Lord will consume with the breath of his lips, and destroy with the brightness of his appearing;
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 →