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2 Thessalonians 2:7

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For the mystery of lawlessness doth already work: only there is one that restraineth now, until he be taken out of the way.

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2 Thessalonians 2:7 in other translations

For the mystery of lawlessness already works. Only there is one who restrains now, until he is taken out of the way.

2 Thessalonians 2:7 · World English Bible

2 Thessalonians 2:7 in context

  1. 5Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things?
  2. 6And now ye know that which restraineth, to the end that he may be revealed in his own season.
  3. 7For the mystery of lawlessness doth already work: only there is one that restraineth now, until he be taken out of the way.
  4. 8And then shall be revealed the lawless one, whom the Lord Jesus shall slay with the breath of his mouth, and bring to nought by the manifestation of his coming;
  5. 9even he, whose coming is according to the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,