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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: 2Thess 2:7 forum, then respond |
Bible Note: Good observation, Ray! The NKJV renders 1 Thess. 2:7 as, "For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work; only He who now restrains will do so until He is taken out of the way." Now lets compare this verse with other Bible Versions.. The Greek does not have any reference at all to Diety here.. The KJV, Douay-Rheims, Amplified, NAB, NAS, NAS95, NIV, NRSV, ASV (1901), and RSV all render the pronoun in this verse as "he".. So the NKJV is unique in that it alone ascribes Diety to the one who restrains, or 'restrainer'. I for one, am not entirely confortable with this fact, coming from the NKJV, since this is adding interpretation into the text where it is not present in the original Greek. I believe that the NKJV translators should have rendered this as 'he' as the other translations have, since the Greek does not reference the Diety in any way, shape, or form in this passage. However, I still agree with you and Tim Moran that the 'Restrainer' in 2 Thessalonians 2:6-7 is the Holy Spirit, even though He is not directly referred to. So even though I may agree with the NKJV translators on Who this passage is referring to, I disagree with their translation of this passage that is based upon that presupposition, which to me is almost like a violation in translation. Blessings! Nolan |