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2 Thessalonians 2:6-8
1599 Geneva Bible
2 Thessalonians 2:6-8
1599 Geneva Bible
6 And now ye know [a]what withholdeth, that he might be revealed in his time.
7 [b]For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: [c]only he which now [d]withholdeth, shall let till he be taken out of the way.
8 [e]And then shall [f]that wicked man be revealed, (A)whom the Lord shall [g]consume with the [h]Spirit of his mouth, and shall abolish with the brightness of his coming,
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- 2 Thessalonians 2:6 What hindereth and stayeth.
- 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.
- 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.
- 2 Thessalonians 2:7 He which is now in authority and ruleth all, to wit, the Roman Empire.
- 2 Thessalonians 2:8 That wickedness shall at length be detected by the word of the Lord, and utterly be abolished by Christ’s coming.
- 2 Thessalonians 2:8 Word for word, that lawless fellow: that is to say, he that shall tread God’s law clean underfoot.
- 2 Thessalonians 2:8 Bring to nought.
- 2 Thessalonians 2:8 With his word: for the true Ministers of the word are as a mouth, whereby the Lord breatheth out that mighty and everlasting word, which shall break his enemies in sunder, as it were an iron rod.
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