2 Thessalonians 2:6

2:6 And so ¹  you know what holds him back, ²  so that he will be revealed in his own time.

2 Thessalonians 2:1

The Day of the Lord

2:1 Now regarding the arrival ³  of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered to be with him, ⁴  we ask you, brothers and sisters, ⁵ 

2 Thessalonians 2:4

2:4 He ⁶  opposes and exalts himself above every so-called god or object of worship, and as a result he takes his seat ⁷  in God’s temple, displaying himself as God. ⁸ 

[2:6]  ¹ tn Grk “and now,” but this shows the logical result of his previous teaching.

[2:6]  ² tn Grk “the thing that restrains.”

[2:1]  ³ tn Or perhaps “return” (cf. CEV).

[2:1]  ⁴ tn Grk “our gathering with him.”

[2:1]  ⁵ tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:3.

[2:4]  ⁵ tn Grk “the one who opposes,” describing the figure in v. 3. A new sentence was started here in the translation by supplying the personal pronoun (“he”) and translating the participle ἀντικείμενος (antikeimeno") as a finite verb.

[2:4]  ⁶ sn Allusions to Isa 14:13-14; Dan 11:36; Ezek 28:2-9 respectively.

[2:4]  ⁷ tn Grk “that he is God.”