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2 Thessalonians 2:5-7
King James Version
2 Thessalonians 2:5-7
King James Version
5 Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things?
6 And now ye know what withholdeth that he might be revealed in his time.
7 For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way.
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2 Thessalonians 2:5-7
New International Version
2 Thessalonians 2:5-7
New International Version
5 Don’t you remember that when I was with you I used to tell you these things?(A) 6 And now you know what is holding him back,(B) so that he may be revealed at the proper time. 7 For the secret power of lawlessness is already at work; but the one who now holds it back(C) will continue to do so till he is taken out of the way.
2 Thessalonians 2:5-7
English Standard Version
2 Thessalonians 2:5-7
English Standard Version
5 Do you not remember that when I was still with you I told you these things? 6 And you know what is restraining him now so that he may be revealed in his time. 7 For (A)the mystery of lawlessness (B)is already at work. Only he who now restrains it will do so until he is out of the way.
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