[a]Remember ye not, that when I was yet with you, I told you these things?

And now ye know [b]what withholdeth, that he might be revealed in his time.

[c]For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: [d]only he which now [e]withholdeth, shall let till he be taken out of the way.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Thessalonians 2:5 This prophecy was continually declared to the Ancient Church, but it was neglected of them that followed.
  2. 2 Thessalonians 2:6 What hindereth and stayeth.
  3. 2 Thessalonians 2:7 Even in the Apostles’ time the first foundations of the Apostolical seat were laid, but yet so, that they deceived men.
  4. 2 Thessalonians 2:7 He foretelleth that when the empire of Rome is taken away, the seat that falleth away from God shall succeed and shall hold his place, as the old writers, Tertullian, Chrysostomes and Jerome do expound it.
  5. 2 Thessalonians 2:7 He which is now in authority and ruleth all, to wit, the Roman Empire.

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