2 Thessalonians 2:6
And now ye know what withholdeth that he might be revealed in his time.
KJV
καὶ νῦν τὸ κατέχον οἴδατε, εἰς τὸ ἀποκαλυφθῆναι αὐτὸν ἐν τῷ αὐτοῦ καιρῷ.
Greek NT
et nunc quid detineat scitis, ut reveletur in suo tempore.
Vulgate
And now ye know that which restraineth, to the end that he may be revealed in his own season.
ASV
And now you know what withholdeth, that he may be revealed in his time.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
10 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
εἰς
eis
preposition · 1769×
εἴδω
eido
verb · 317×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
καιρός
kairos
noun · 85×
κατέχω
katecho
verb · 17×
νῦν
nun
adverb · 147×
ἀποκαλύπτω
apokalupto
verb · 26×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
Textual variants
1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
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SBLGNT: ἑαυτοῦ | NIV/RP: ἑαυτοῦ | WH/Treg: αὐτοῦ
- ἑαυτοῦ — SBLGNT
- ἑαυτοῦ — Reader's GNT (NA27), Robinson-Pierpont
- αὐτοῦ — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles
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Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 2Thess 2:3 — Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;
- 2Tim 3:13 — But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived.
- Hab 2:3 — For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry.