2 Thessalonians 2:5-7

Expanded Bible

⁵ Don’t you remember that when I was with you I told you that all this would happen? ⁶ And ·now [so] you know what is ·stopping that Man of Evil [^Lrestraining him; holding him back; 2:3] so he will ·appear [be revealed] at ·the right [the proper; ^Lhis own] time. ⁷ The ·secret power [or mystery] of ·evil [lawlessness; wickedness] is already ·working in the world [or at work], but there is one who is ·stopping that power [restraining it]. And ·he [or it] will continue to ·stop [restrain] it until ·he [or it] is taken out of the way [^Cthis restrainer may be the Holy Spirit or human government, among other possibilities].