Expositor's Bible Commentary Commentary 2 Thessalonians 2:5

"Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things?" — 2 Thessalonians 2:5 (ASV)

A note of impatience may be detected in Paul’s question. If the Thessalonian believers had recalled Paul’s oral teaching, disturbing elements in the newly arisen false system could have been eliminated. Paul was certain about their previous familiarity with the substance of vv.3–4 because he had personally given them this information.