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2 Thessalonians 2:5
5Don’t you remember that I told you about these things when I was still with you?
2 Thessalonians 2:5 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things?
- New International Version (NIV)Don’t you remember that when I was with you I used to tell you these things?
- English Standard Version (ESV)Do you not remember that when I was still with you I told you these things?
- New King James Version (NKJV)Do you not remember that when I was still with you I told you these things?
Context of 2 Thessalonians 2:5
3Don’t let anyone deceive you about this in any way. ⌞That day cannot come unless⌟ a revolt takes place first, and the man of sin, the man of destruction, is revealed. 4He opposes every so-called god or anything that is worshiped and places himself above them, sitting in God’s temple and claiming to be God. Don’t you remember that I told you about these things when I was still with you? 6You know what it is that now holds him back, so that he will be revealed when his time comes. 7The mystery of this sin is already at work. But it cannot work effectively until the person now holding it back gets out of the way.
Read all of 2 Thessalonians 22 Thessalonians 2:5 word by word
Οὐ μνημονεύετε ὅτι ἔτι ὢν πρὸς ὑμᾶς ταῦτα ἔλεγον ὑμῖν;Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for 2 Thessalonians 2:5
- Matthew 16:9Don’t you understand yet? Don’t you remember the five loaves for the five thousand and how many baskets you filled?
- Mark 8:18Are you blind and deaf? Don’t you remember?
- Luke 24:6He’s not here. He has been brought back to life! Remember what he told you while he was still in Galilee.
- Acts 20:31So be alert! Remember that I instructed each of you for three years, day and night, at times with tears in my eyes.
- 2 Thessalonians 3:10While we were with you, we gave you the order: “Whoever doesn’t want to work shouldn’t be allowed to eat.”
- John 16:4But I’ve told you this so that when it happens you’ll remember what I’ve told you. I didn’t tell you this at first, because I was with you.
- Galatians 5:21envy, drunkenness, wild partying, and similar things. I’ve told you in the past and I’m telling you again that people who do these kinds of things will not inherit God’s kingdom.
- 1 Thessalonians 2:11You know very well that we treated each of you the way a father treats his children. We comforted you and encouraged you. Yet, we insisted that
- 2 Peter 1:15So I will make every effort to see that you remember these things after I die.
Commentaries on 2 Thessalonians 2:5
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5I told you these things - In several parts of this description of the man of sin, the apostle alludes to a conversation which had taken place between him and the members of this Church when he was at Thessalonica; and this one circumstance will account for much of the obscurity that is in these verses. Besides, the apostle appears to speak with great caution, and does not at all wish to publish what he had communicated to them; the hints which he drops…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things? - The whole subject of the second coming of the Saviour seems to have constituted an important part of the instructions of Paul when at Thessalonica. He now refers them to what he had told them respecting the great apostasy, to show that his views had not changed, and that he did not mean to have them understand that the world would soon come to an end. He had stated these things to…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 5-12Verses 5-12 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 at that time. Corruption of doctrine and worship came in by degrees, and the usurping of power was gradual; thus the mystery of iniquity prevailed. Superstition and idolatry were advanced by pretended devotion, and bigotry and persecution were promoted by pretended zeal for God and his glory. This…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-12False teachings about the Day of the Lord had upset the Thessalonian church (2:1–2). Paul reminds them that two events will happen before that day: a great rebellion and the revealing of the man of lawlessness (2:3–12). Christ will destroy this man when he returns (2:3, 8). Those deceived by him will also encounter judgment (2:9–12).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. Remember, &c.--confuting those who represent Paul as having labored under error as to Christ's immediate coming when writing his first Epistle, and as now correcting that error. I told you--more than once, literally, "I was telling," or "used to tell."Read the comment
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Commentaries on 2 Thessalonians 2
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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