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2 Thessalonians 2:6
2 Thessalonians 2:6 is verse 6 of 2 Thessalonians chapter 2, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
And you know what is now restraining him, so that he may be revealed at the proper time.
King James Version
And now ye know what withholdeth that he might be revealed in his time.
World English Bible
Now you know what is restraining him, to the end that he may be revealed in his own season.
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2 Thessalonians 2:4–8 · Berean Standard Bible
4 He will oppose and exalt himself above every so-called god or object of worship. So he will seat himself in the temple of God, proclaiming himself to be God.
5 Do you not remember that I told you these things while I was still with you?
6 And you know what is now restraining him, so that he may be revealed at the proper time.
7 For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work, but the one who now restrains it will continue until he is taken out of the way.
8 And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will slay with the breath of His mouth and annihilate by the majesty of His arrival.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
2 Thessalonians 2:3Let no one deceive you in any way, for it will not come until the rebellion occurs and the man of lawlessness—the son of destruction—is revealed.
2 Thessalonians 2:8And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will slay with the breath of His mouth and annihilate by the majesty of His arrival.