NET Bible
"For the hidden power of lawlessness is already at work. However, the one who holds him back will do so until he is taken out of the way,"
— 2 Thessalonians 2:7, NET Bible
“For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way.”
“For the mystery of lawlessness doth already work: only there is one that restraineth now, until he be taken out of the way. ”
“For the mystery of lawlessness already works. Only there is one who restrains now, until he is taken out of the way.”
“For the mystery of iniquity already worketh: only that he who now holdeth do hold, until he be taken out of the way.”
“For the secret of evil is even now at work: but there is one who is keeping back the evil till he is taken out of the way.”
“For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way.”
He opposes and exalts himself above every so-called god or object of worship, and as a result he takes his seat in God’s temple, displaying himself as God.
Surely you recall that I used to tell you these things while I was still with you.
And so you know what holds him back, so that he will be revealed in his own time.
For the hidden power of lawlessness is already at work. However, the one who holds him back will do so until he is taken out of the way,
and then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord will destroy by the breath of his mouth and wipe out by the manifestation of his arrival.
The arrival of the lawless one will be by Satan’s working with all kinds of miracles and signs and false wonders,
and with every kind of evil deception directed against those who are perishing, because they found no place in their hearts for the truth so as to be saved.