a. When I was still with you I told you these things: Paul was only with the Thessalonians a few weeks (Acts 17:1–10). But Paul thought it important to teach these brand new Christians about Biblical prophecy, and he taught them in some detail. b. And now you know what is restraining: For now, Satan and the man of sin are being restrained. The principle of their working is now present (the mystery of lawlessness is already at work). But at the
2 Thessalonians 2:5–8