^{6 Ref} and now, what is keeping down ye have known, for his being revealed in his own time,

^{7 Ref} for the secret of the lawlessness doth already work, only he who is keeping down now `will hinder' -- till he may be out of the way,

^{8 Ref} and then shall be revealed the Lawless One, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the manifestation of his presence,