2Th 2:7, 1Jo 2:18, 22, 2Jo 7 | ISV | STEP | For the secret of this lawlessness is already at work, but only until the person now holding it back gets out of the way.

2 Thessalonians 2:7

7 For the secret of this lawlessness is already at work, but only until the person now holding it back gets out of the way.1John 2:18; 4:3

1 John 2:18

18 Live in ChristLittle children, it is the last hour. Just as you heard that an antichrist is coming, so now many antichrists have appeared. This is how we know it is the last hour.Matt 24:5, 24; John 21:5; 2Thes 2:3; 1Tim 4:1; 2Tim 3:1; Heb 1:2; 2Pet 2:1; 1John 4:3; 2John 1:7

1 John 2:22

22 Who is a liar but the person who denies that Jesus is the Christ? ^{▼▼I.e. the Messiah} The person who denies the Father and the Son is the antichrist.1John 4:3; 2John 1:7

2 John 7

7 We Must Reject False TeachersFor many deceivers have gone out into the world. They refuse to acknowledge Jesus Christ as coming in the flesh. Any such person is a deceiver and an antichrist.1John 2:22; 4:1-3