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For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now holdeth back will hold him back, until he is taken out of the way.
For the mystery of lawlessness doth already work: only there is one that restraineth now, until he be taken out of the way.
For the mystery of lawlessness [rebellion against divine authority and the coming reign of lawlessness] is already at work; [but it is restrained] only until he who now restrains it is taken out of the way.
For the mystery of lawlessness (that hidden principle of rebellion against constituted authority) is already at work in the world, [but it is] restrained only until he who restrains is taken out of the way.
For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way.
For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work, but the one now restraining will do so until he is out of the way,
The hidden plan to live without any law is at work now, but it will be secret only until the one who is holding it back is out of the way.
For already this separating from Torah is at work secretly, but it will be secretly only until he who is restraining is out of the way.
His mysterious power is already at work, but someone is holding him back. And the wicked one won't appear until this someone is out of the way.
For the mystery of lawlessness already works; only [there is] he who restrains now until he be gone,
For the mystery of lawlessness is already at-work, only there is the one restraining right-now until he comes out of the midst.
For the mystery of iniquity already worketh; only that he who now holdeth, do hold, until he be taken out of the way.
The secret power of evil is already working in the world now. But there is one who is stopping that secret power of evil. And he will continue to stop it until he is taken out of the way.
His power is already working secretly to turn people against God. But there is someone who makes it impossible for him to work freely. That person will continue to make it impossible, until God takes that person away.
In fact, the mystery of this lawlessness is already at work, but only until the one who is now holding him back moves out of the way.
For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work. Only he who now restrains it will do so until he is out of the way.
For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work. Only he who now restrains it will do so until he is out of the way.
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 [C this restrainer may be the Holy Spirit or human government, among other possibilities].
For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he which now withholdeth, shall let till he be taken out of the way.
The mystery of this sin is already at work. But it cannot work effectively until the person now holding it back gets out of the way.
The Mysterious Wickedness is already at work, but what is going to happen will not happen until the one who holds it back is taken out of the way.
For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work, but the one now restraining will do so until he is out of the way,
The secret power of evil is already working in the world now. But there is one who is stopping that power. And he will continue to stop it until he is taken out of the way.
For the secret of this lawlessness is already at work, but only until the person now holding it back gets out of the way.
I expect you remember now how I talked about this when I was with you. You will probably also remember how I used to talk about a “restraining power” which would operate until the time should come for the emergence of this man. Evil is already insidiously at work but its activities are restricted until what I have called the “restraining power” (of God) is removed. When that happens the lawless man will be plainly seen—though the truth of the Lord Jesus spells his doom, and the radiance of the coming of the Lord Jesus will be his utter destruction. The lawless man is produced by the spirit of evil and armed with all the force, wonders and signs that falsehood can devise. To those involved in this dying world he will come with evil’s undiluted power to deceive, for they have refused to love the truth which could have saved them. God sends upon them, therefore, the full force of evil’s delusion, so that they put their faith in an utter fraud and meet the inevitable judgment of all who have refused to believe the truth and who have made evil their play-fellow.
For the mystery of iniquity is already working, except that he who dominates now will dominate until he is taken out of the way.
For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way.
For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way.
For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work; only he who now restrains will do so until he is taken out of the way.
For the mystery of lawlessness is at work already; only the one who now restrains will do so until he is out of the way,
As for the work this man of rebellion and hell will do when he comes, it is already going on, but he himself will not come until the one who is holding him back steps out of the way.
You’ll also remember that I told you the Anarchist is being held back until just the right time. That doesn’t mean that the spirit of anarchy is not now at work. It is, secretly and underground. But the time will come when the Anarchist will no longer be held back, but will be let loose. But don’t worry. The Master Jesus will be right on his heels and blow him away. The Master appears and—puff!—the Anarchist is out of there.
For the mystery of lawlessness is already working. Only He who is now restraining him will do so until He is taken out of the way.
For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work; however, the one who is now restraining will continue to do so until he is taken away.
The mystery of this sin is already at work. But it cannot work effectively until the person now holding it back gets out of the way.
For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work. But the one who restrains is to do so only for the present, until he is removed from the scene.
For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work; only He who now restrains will do so until He is removed.
For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work; only he who now restrains will do so until he is taken out of the way.
For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work, but the one who restrains it will continue to do so until he is removed.
The secret power of evil is already working in the world, but there is one who is stopping that power. And he will continue to stop it until he is taken out of the way.
For the hidden power of lawlessness is already at work. However, the one who holds him back will do so until he is taken out of the way,
The secret power of sin is already at work. But the one who now holds back that power will keep doing it until he is taken out of the way.
For the secret power of lawlessness is already at work; but the one who now holds it back will continue to do so till he is taken out of the way.
For the secret power of lawlessness is already at work; but the one who now holds it back will continue to do so till he is taken out of the way.
For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work; only He who now restrains will do so until He is taken out of the way.
For the secret power of breaking the law is already at work in the world. But that secret power can only do so much until the One Who keeps back the man of sin is taken out of the way.
For this lawlessness is already at work secretly, and it will remain secret until the one who is holding it back steps out of the way.
For the mystery of that iniquity does he already work, which only locks until it is taken out of the way.
For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work, but only until the one who now restrains it is removed.
For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work, but only until the one who now restrains it is removed.
For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work, but only until the one who now restrains it is removed.
For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work, but only until the one who now restrains it is removed.
For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work, but the restrainer is in place—until he is taken away;
For the Sod HaMufkarut (Mystery of Lawlessness) is already working; only he who holds back and restrains just now will do so until he is out of the way.
For the mystery of iniquity is already at work. He who is now restrained shall be so only until He is taken out of the way.
For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work; only he who now restrains it will do so until he is out of the way.
For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work; only he who now restrains it will do so until he is out of the way.
For the mystery of lawlessness is already operating; only there is one who holds back just now, until he is taken out of the way.
For the mystery of sin is already working its way through the world; He who holds him back now will continue to suppress him only until He is pulled out of the way.
For the mystery of lawlessness already works. Only there is one who restrains now, until he is taken out of the way.
The plan to make people wrong has already begun to work. But someone is holding back that plan. He will stop the law-breaker for a time.
For the private of wickedness worketh now [For why the mystery, or private, of wickedness worketh now]; only that he that holdeth now, hold, till he be done away.
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,
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