2 Thessalonians 2:7

Tree of Life Version

For the mystery of lawlessness is already operating; only there is one who holds back just now, until he is taken out of the way.

Cross References

1 John 2:18

Children, it is the last hour. Just as you heard that the anti-messiah is coming, even now many anti-messiahs have come—by this we know that it is the last hour.

Acts 20:29

I know that after my departure, savage wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock.

1 John 4:3

but every spirit that does not acknowledge Yeshua is not from God. This is the spirit of the anti-messiah, which you have heard is coming and now is already in the world.

Revelation 17:7

But the angel said to me, “Why are you astonished? I will tell you the mystery of the woman and of the beast that carries her, which has the seven heads and ten horns.

Revelation 17:5

and on her forehead was written a name, a mystery: “Babylon the Great, the mother of prostitutes and the detestable things of the earth.”

1 Timothy 3:16

Now beyond question, great is the mystery of godliness: He was revealed in the flesh, Vindicated in the Spirit, Seen by angels, Proclaimed among the nations, Trusted throughout the world, Taken up in glory.

2 Thessalonians 2:6

And you know what now holds back, for him to be revealed in his own time.