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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. |
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Bible Note: Dear Ray, You enter upon some interesting ground here, assuming that you agree (and we both do) that the 'Restrainer' is in fact, the Holy Spirit in this verse. :) You said, "Do you not remember that while I was with you, I was telling you these things? And you know the One who restrains him now, for in His time He will be revealed. For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work; there is only One who now restrains until it is taken out of the way. Then that lawless one will be revealed whom the Lord will slay..." The things that I might add or change here are the use of "His" in 'in His time' and "He" in 'He will be revealed.' According to your subject of this sentence, 'the One' is the Holy Spirit. However, if I interpret your sentence correctly, "One" is doing the 'restraining', which is your verb. If this is correct, then 'His' and 'He' should be referring to the 'lawless one' instead of the Holy Spirit since it is the lawless one who will be revealed and is being restrained right now by the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit ends up 'stepping aside'.. :) Also, if you are referring to Diety by capitalizing 'One' in the 2nd part of the 3rd sentence, then you should either change the word 'it' to 'It' or 'He', since it is also referring back to 'One' which is your subject in this sentence.. So here are my proposed changes: "Do you not remember that while I was with you, I was telling you these things? And you know the One who restrains him now, for in his time he will be revealed. For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work; there is only One who now restrains until He is taken out of the way. Then that lawless one will be revealed whom the Lord will slay..." Keep up the good work Ray! Blessings, Nolan |