4. He 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.
5. Don’t you remember that I told you about these things when I was still with you?
6. You know what it is that now holds him back, so that he will be revealed when his time comes.
7. The 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.