New English Translation
2 Thessalonians 2:5
5Surely you recall that I used to tell you these things while 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
3Let no one deceive you in any way. For that day will not arrive until the rebellion comes and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction. 4He opposes and exalts himself above every so-called god or object of worship, and as a result he takes his seat in God’s temple, displaying himself as God. Surely you recall that I used to tell you these things while I was still with you. 6And so you know what holds him back, so that he will be revealed in his own time. 7For the hidden power of lawlessness is already at work. However, the one who holds him back will do so until he is taken 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 16:9Do you still not understand? Don’t you remember the five loaves for the five thousand, and how many baskets you took up?
- Mark 8:18Though you have eyes, don’t you see? And though you have ears, can’t you hear? Don’t you remember?
- Luke 24:6He is not here, but has been raised! Remember how he told you, while he was still in Galilee,
- Acts 20:31Therefore be alert, remembering that night and day for three years I did not stop warning each one of you with tears.
- 2 Thessalonians 3:10For even when we were with you, we used to give you this command: “If anyone is not willing to work, neither should he eat.”
- John 16:4But I have told you these things so that when their time comes, you will remember that I told you about them. “I did not tell you these things from the beginning because I was with you.
- Galatians 5:21envying, murder, drunkenness, carousing, and similar things. I am warning you, as I had warned you before: Those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God!
- 1 Thessalonians 2:11As you know, we treated each one of you as a father treats his own children,
- 2 Peter 1:15Indeed, I will also make every effort that, after my departure, you have a testimony of these things.
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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