Now you know what is restraining him, to the end that he may be revealed in his own season.
Parallel translations
- KJV And now ye know what withholdeth that he might be revealed in his time.
- BSB And you know what is now restraining him, so that he may be revealed at the proper time.
- NKJV And now you know what is restraining, that he may be revealed in his own time.
- NASB And you know what restrains him now, so that he will be revealed in his time.
- NLT And you know what is holding him back, for he can be revealed only when his time comes.
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Cross-references · 2
- 2 Th 2:3Let no one deceive you in any way. For it will not be, unless the departure comes first, and the man of sin is revealed, the son of destruction,
- 2 Th 2:8Then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord will kill with the breath of his mouth, and destroy by the manifestation of his coming;
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