JMNT(i)
6 And now you know (have seen and are aware of)
the thing continuously holding down in a firm grasp (detaining, restraining)
unto the [
situation for]
him to be uncovered (unveiled; disclosed)
in his own fitting situation (or: proper occasion; suitable season; fertile moment).
7 For the secret (hidden purpose; mystery)
of the lawlessness (pertaining to the condition of being without law; which is the unlawfulness; having the character of being violation of the Law; whose source is the contrariness to custom)
is already continuously working within (operating; energizing), [
yet]
only until the one (or: man; [note: masculine article])
continuously holding down in a firm grasp (detaining; restraining)
at the present moment can birth himself (bring himself to be; = separate himself)
forth from out of the midst.
8 And then (at that time)
the lawless person (the unlawful one; the one without law; the man who violates the Law; the person being contrary to custom)
will be uncovered (unveiled; disclosed),
whom the Lord Jesus will take back up again (or: lift up; reading 'anaireo' with Nestle, Tasker & Concordant texts; Griesbach & other MSS read 'analisko': consume, use up, expend)
by the Spirit (Breath-effect)
of His mouth, and will deactivate (render inoperative and useless; make inert)
by the manifestation (the bringing of light upon and setting in full and clear view, causing an appearance)
of his (or: its; or: His)
presence –
9 whose presence is continuously existing in correspondence to (or: in line with; in the sphere of; on the level of)
the adversary's (opponent's; or: satan's)
in-working activity (or: is constantly in accordance with the operation of the “adversary” or satan),
in all power (or: within all ability)
as well as signs and wonders of falsehood (or: which are a lie),
10 and within every deception (delusion; seduction)
of the injustice (wrong; thing that is not the way pointed out and which is not right)
within the folks continuously or repeatedly being lost (or: by the folks progressively destroying themselves)
in return for which (or: in the place of which)
they do (or: did)
not take unto themselves and welcomely receive the love of, and from, the truth (or: Truth's love; the Love which is Truth and Reality; or: an appreciation of and affection for reality),
into the [
situation for]
them at some point to be suddenly delivered (restored to health and wholeness; rescued; saved; restored to the original state and condition).