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2 Thessalonians 2:5

An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

Do you not remember that I used to tell you these things when I was still with you?

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And I will make every effort to see that, after I leave [i.e., die], you will always be able to recall the things [I said to you].

For even when we were with you, we gave you this order: If any person does not [want to] work, he should not [get to] eat.

For you know that we treated each one of you like a father treats his own children, exhorting you, and comforting you,

envy, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these. I warn you again, as I have done before, that those people who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.

So, be very watchful, and remember that for three years I never stopped warning every one of you [about such matters] both night and day with tears [in my eyes].

But I have told you these things so that, when the time comes [for people to do such things], you will remember that I had warned you. I did not tell you them at the beginning [of my ministry] because I was with you [i.e., to protect you from persecution].

Even though you have eyes, do you not see? And even though you have ears, do you not hear? And do you not remember?

Do you not understand yet or remember that five thousand people [were fed] with five loaves of bread and how many baskets [of pieces] were picked up [afterward]?

For even when we were with you, we warned you that we were going to be persecuted, and as you know, it has turned out that way.

[But] for now, there is something holding him back [i.e., holding back the man of lawlessness from emerging, See verses 3-4], and you people know what it is. [It is restraining him] so that he will not be revealed until his own [due] time.




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