(350–428),38 and Theodoret (393–466).39 Theodoret specifically associates τὸ κατέχον and ὁ κατέχων with the preaching of the gospel and the work of the Holy Spirit. Second, if the one being restrained has the power of Satan (2 Thess. 2:9), then it would take the omnipotent power of God to restrain him. Third, this interpretation gives the most vivid force to the change in gender of the participles. The first participle (τὸ κατέχον) conforms to the gender of πνεῦμα. The second participle ὁ