2 Thessalonians 2:7

New Century Version

The secret power of evil is already working in the world, but there is one who is stopping that power. And he will continue to stop it until he is taken out of the way.

Cross References

Acts 20:29

I know that after I leave, some people will come like wild wolves and try to destroy the flock.

2 Thessalonians 2:6

And now you know what is stopping that Man of Evil so he will appear at the right time.

1 Timothy 3:16

Without doubt, the secret of our life of worship is great: He was shown to us in a human body, proved right in spirit, and seen by angels. He was proclaimed to the nations, believed in by the world, and taken up in glory.

1 John 2:18

My dear children, these are the last days. You have heard that the enemy of Christ is coming, and now many enemies of Christ are already here. This is how we know that these are the last days.

1 John 4:3

And every spirit who refuses to say this about Jesus is not from God. It is the spirit of the enemy of Christ, which you have heard is coming, and now he is already in the world.

Revelation 17:5

On her forehead a title was written that was secret. This is what was written: the great babylon mother of prostitutes and of the evil things of the earth

Revelation 17:7

Then the angel said to me, “Why are you amazed? I will tell you the secret of this woman and the beast she rides—the one with seven heads and ten horns.