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Now you know what is restraining him, to the end that he may be revealed in his own season.
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The Identity of the Restrainer
Scholars intensely debate the identity of the force "restraining" the man of sin. The most common historical view, held since the early church, is the Roman Empire and its civil law, which prevented a lawless religious power from rising. Another significant view identifies the restrainer as the Holy Spirit, whose presence in the church holds back evil until He is removed.
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2 Thessalonians
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18th Century
Presbyterian
And now you know what withholdeth. The marginal note says, holdeth. The reference is to something that then operated to const…
That which restraineth (το κατεχον).
And now you know (κα νυν οιδατε), says Paul in this cryptic apocalypt…
19th Century
Anglican
And now you know — This does not mean, “now, because of what I have just said,” for nothing has yet been said in the letter from w…
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Baptist
Do you not remember that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things? And now you know what withholds, that he might be revealed in his t…
So he can declare, “You know what is holding him back.” “Now” should be connected with “what is holding him back” rather than with “you know,” to i…
16th Century
Protestant
And now what withholdeth. Τὸ κατέχον properly means an impediment or an occasion of delay here. Chrysostom, who thinks that this can only …
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And now you know what withholdeth Or hinders the revelation of the man of sin, or antichrist; by which is meant not …
Something hindered or withheld the man of sin. It is supposed to be the power of the Roman Empire, which the apostle did not mention more plainly a…
13th Century
Catholic
Above, the Apostle foretold the coming and the wrongdoing of the Antichrist; here he explains the reason for its delay.
