⁷ For ^(A)the mystery of lawlessness is already at work; only ^(B)he who now restrains will do so until he is taken out of the way.

²⁰ As for the ^(A)mystery of the ^(B)seven stars which you saw in My right hand, and the ^(C)seven golden lampstands: the ^(D)seven stars are the angels of ^(E)the seven churches, and the seven ^(F)lampstands are the seven churches.

⁷ And the angel said to me, “Why ^[a]do you wonder? I will tell you the ^(A)mystery of the woman and of the beast that carries her, which has the ^(B)seven heads and the ten horns.