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.

⁵ and on her forehead a name was written, a ^(A)mystery, “^(B)BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND OF ^(C)THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.”