2 Thessalonians 2:7

2 Thessalonians 2:7

5 Do you not remember that when I was still with you I told you these things?

6 And now you know what is restraining, that he may be revealed in his own time.

7 For ^athe mystery of lawlessness is already at work; only² He who now restrains will do so until He is taken out of the way.

8 And then the lawless one will be revealed, ^awhom the Lord will consume ^bwith the breath of His mouth and destroy ^cwith the brightness of His coming.

9 The coming of the lawless one is ^aaccording to the working of Satan, with all power, ^bsigns, and lying wonders,

10 and with all unrighteous deception among ^athose who perish, because they did not receive ^bthe love of the truth, that they might be saved.

11 And ^afor this reason God will send them strong delusion, ^bthat they should believe the lie,

12 that they all may be condemned who did not believe the truth but ^ahad pleasure in unrighteousness.

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13 But we are¹ bound to give thanks to God always for you, brethren beloved by the Lord, because God ^afrom the beginning ^bchose you for salvation ^cthrough sanctification by the Spirit and belief in the truth,

Commentaries:

Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)

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For the mystery of lawlessness doth already work (to gar musthrion hdh energeitai thv anomiav). See I Thessalonians 2:13 for energeitai. The genitive thv anomiav (lawlessness) describes to musthrion (note emphatic position of both). This mystery (musthrion secret, from musthv, an initiate, muew, to wink or blink) means here the secret purpose of lawlessness already at work, the only instance of this usage in the N.T. where it is used of the kingdom of God (Matthew 13:11), of God (I Corinthians 2:1) and God's will (Ephesians 1:9), of Christ (Ephesians 3:4), of the gospel (Ephesians 6:9), of faith (I Timothy 3:9), of godliness (I Timothy 3:16), of the seven stars (Revelation 1:20), of the woman (Revelation 17:7). But this secret will be "revealed" and then we shall understand clearly what Paul's meaning is here.

Until he be taken out of the way (ewv ek mesou genhtai). Usual construction with ewv for the future (aorist middle subjunctive, genhtai). Note absence of an as often in N.T. and the Koin‚. Paul uses ewv only here and I Corinthians 4:5. When the obstacle is removed then the mystery of lawlessness will be revealed in plain outline.

**Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing 2 Thessalonians 2:7:**

Acts 17:2
Acts 20:18
Romans 11:25
1 Corinthians 2:7
2 Thessalonians 2:4
2 Thessalonians 2:6
2 Thessalonians 3:3
1 Timothy 3:9
James 5:16
Revelation 1:20

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