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2 Thessalonians 2:6

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And now ye know what withholdeth that he might be revealed in his time.
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  1. 2 Thessalonians 2:3Rank 1 from verse 6
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    3Let 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;

  2. 2 Thessalonians 2:8Rank 2 from verse 6
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    8And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming:

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2 Thessalonians 2:6

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ye

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The second-person plural subject pronoun, referring to the persons being addressed as those who are, do, or receive the stated predicate.

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know

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To perceive, understand, recognize, experience, or be assured of something.

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might

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Sense 1: Power or strength. Sense 2: An auxiliary expressing possibility or permission.

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revealed

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of reveal, meaning to uncover, disclose, show, or make known what was hidden or unknown.

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in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

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time

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A particular portion or part of duration, whether past, present or future.

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5Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things?

6And now ye know what withholdeth that he might be revealed in his time.

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7For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way.

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