2 Thessalonians 2:5

5 Don’t you remember that when I was with you I used to tell you these things?

2 Thessalonians 2:5 in Other Translations

5 Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things?

5 Do you not remember that when I was still with you I told you these things?

5 Don’t you remember that I told you about all this when I was with you?

5 Don't you remember me going over all this in detail when I was with you? Are your memories that short?

5 Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things?

5 Don't you remember that I told you about these things when I was still with you?

5 Don't you remember that when I was still with you I told you about this?

5 Don't you remember? When I was with you, I used to tell you those things.

2 Thessalonians 2:5 Meaning and Commentary

2 Thessalonians 2:5

Remember ye not, that when I was yet with you
At Thessalonica, for the apostle had been there in person, and had preached there with great boldness and success; he had declared the whole counsel of God, and the Gospel came in power and worked effectually in them, and yet there was too great a forgetfulness of it; with which the apostle tacitly charges them, and rebukes them gently for it; and as a faithful monitor, stirs up their pure minds by way of remembrance, and reminds them of former truths delivered to them:

I told you these things:
or "words" as the Arabic version; concerning the coming of Christ as that it would not be yet, that there, must be a defection from the faith, and antichrist must be revealed; which shows that these were things of moment and importance, and were useful and profitable to be insisted on; and therefore the apostle had told them of them, and spoke freely and largely about them, at his first preaching among them, and were what he inculcated everywhere; and also that his doctrine was all of a piece at one time as another; it was not yea and nay, or contradictory; what he now said was no other than what he had said before; and therefore it was the more inexcusable in them, to be shaken or troubled by any means with another doctrine.

2 Thessalonians 2:5 In-Context

3 Don’t let anyone deceive you in any way, for that day will not come until the rebellion occurs and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the man doomed to destruction.

4 He will oppose and will exalt himself over everything that is called God or is worshiped, so that he sets himself up in God’s temple, proclaiming himself to be God.

5 Don’t you remember that when I was with you I used to tell you these things?

6 And now you know what is holding him back, so that he may be revealed at the proper time.

7 For the secret power of lawlessness is already at work; but the one who now holds it back will continue to do so till he is taken out of the way.

Cross References

• 1. 1 Thessalonians 3:4