The Man of Lawlessness
2 Thessalonians 2:6
In 9 translations
- BSB
- And you know what is now restraining him, so that he may be revealed at the proper time.
- KJV
- And now ye know what withholdeth that he might be revealed in his time.
- WEB
- Now you know what is restraining him, to the end that he may be revealed in his own season.
- ASV
- And now ye know that which restraineth, to the end that he may be revealed in his own season.
- LSV
- And now, you have known what is restraining, for his being revealed in his own time,
- YLT
- and now, what is keeping down ye have known, for his being revealed in his own time,
- DBY
- And now ye know that which restrains, that he should be revealed in his own time.
- DRC
- And now you know what withholdeth, that he may be revealed in his time.
- GNV
- And nowe ye knowe what withholdeth that he might be reueiled in his time.
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Where the editions differ
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- NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read ἑαυτοῦ (“his own”); Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read αὐτοῦ (“of him”).
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- SBLGNT: ἑαυτοῦ. Nestle–Aland 28th edition, Robinson–Pierpont read ἑαυτοῦ; Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles read αὐτοῦ.
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Original-language editions
- SBLGNT
- καὶ νῦν τὸ κατέχον οἴδατε, εἰς τὸ ἀποκαλυφθῆναι αὐτὸν ἐν τῷ ἑαυτοῦ καιρῷ·
- RP2018
- Καὶ νῦν τὸ κατέχον οἴδατε, εἰς τὸ ἀποκαλυφθῆναι αὐτὸν ἐν τῷ ἑαυτοῦ καιρῷ.
- TR-Boyd
- Καὶ νῦν τὸ κατέχον οἴδατε, εἰς τὸ ἀποκαλυφθῆναι αὐτὸν ἐν τῷ ἑαυτοῦ καιρῷ.
- SCR1894
- και νυν το κατεχον οιδατε εις το αποκαλυφθηναι αυτον εν τω εαυτου καιρω
In the reference works topics that cite this verse
Man of sinAntichristHeretic; HereticalThessalonians, the Second Epistle of Paul to theEphesians, Epistle to thePaul, the ApostleJesus ChristEschatology of the New Testament
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Cross-references most cited first
- 2 Thessalonians 2:3Let no one deceive you in any way, for it will not come until the rebellion occurs and the man of lawlessness—the son of destruction—is revealed.
- 2 Thessalonians 2:8And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will slay with the breath of His mouth and annihilate by the majesty of His arrival.
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