"And now ye know what withholdeth that he might be revealed in his time. {withholdeth: or, holdeth}" — 2 Thessalonians 2:6

2 Thessalonians 2:6 · KJV

“And now ye know what withholdeth that he might be revealed in his time. {withholdeth: or, holdeth}”

— 2 Thessalonians 2:6

Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things?

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

2 Thessalonians 2 — Context

Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.

Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things?

And now ye know what withholdeth that he might be revealed in his time. {withholdeth: or, holdeth}

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

And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming:

Cross References

2 Thessalonians 2:3

Let no man deceive you by any means: for {that day shall not come}, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;

2 Thessalonians 2:8

And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming: