2 Thessalonians 2:5-7

Living Bible

⁵ Don’t you remember that I told you this when I was with you? ⁶ And you know what is keeping him from being here already; for he can come only when his time is ready.

⁷ As for the work this man of rebellion and hell will do when he comes, it is already going on,^[a] but he himself will not come until the one who is holding him back steps out of the way.