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NASB | 2 Thessalonians 2:6 And you know what restrains him now, so that in his time he will be revealed. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 2 Thessalonians 2:6 And you know what restrains him now [from being revealed]; it is so that he will be revealed at his own [appointed] time. |
Subject: Is it a person or a thing that restrains |
Bible Note: I agree with Val, thank you. I thought of the Holy Spirit too. The "who" is the Spirit" and the "what" is simply his work. But if he stops working ("taken out of the way") and convincing people of the truth and deception is sent to those who refused to believe, would that mean that the time will have come when no one new would be saved? This is how I see it - when the Spirit is taken out of the way, he makes way for delusion, which is also sent by God. At that point the doors of the kingdom are closed; all the elect have already come to God. |