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and now, what is keeping down ye have known, for his being revealed in his own time,

for the secret of the lawlessness doth already work, only he who is keeping down now [will hinder] -- till he may be out of the way,

and then shall be revealed the Lawless One, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the manifestation of his presence,

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And now you know what is holding him back,(A) so that he may be revealed at the proper time. For the secret power of lawlessness is already at work; but the one who now holds it back(B) will continue to do so till he is taken out of the way. And then the lawless one will be revealed,(C) whom the Lord Jesus will overthrow with the breath of his mouth(D) and destroy by the splendor of his coming.(E)

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