...now ye know what withholdeth that he might be revealed in his time. For the mystery of iniquity doth already work; only he, who now letteth, will let, until he be taken out of the way. And then shall that wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth,...

...should appear; this was previous to the revelation of him : but Paul says there was a bar in the way. " Only he who now letteth will let until he be taken out of the way, and then shall that wicked be revealed." The Roman emperors, while they kept their seat at Rome,...

...now ye know what withholdeth that he might be revealed in his time ; for the mystery of iniquity doth already work, only he who now letteth will let until he be taken out of the way. This was the Roman emperor : the priest would have been prince, but the reigning prince would not let him....

...sitteth in the tern* pie of God, shewing himself that he is God. " For the mystery of iniquity doth already work : only he who now letteth, will let, until he be taken out of the way. "And then shall that wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth,...

...with-holdeth that he, the man of sin, might be revealed in his time ; for the mystery of iniquity doth already work ; 'only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way.,\ f Here are distinctly specified two periods as to pass in an inverted order before the coming...

...the revealing of this head of antichrist, was the fall of the Roman empire. See 2 Thess. ii. 7, 8. " He who now letteth will let, " until he be taken out of the way. And then " shall that Wicked be revealed." This passage was early understood to intend the Roman...

...now ye know what withholdeth that he might be revealed in his time : for the mystery of iniquity doth already work ; only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way." The imperial government hindered the bishop of Rome from exercising the sovereignty which he...

...is God." And this power of the Roman emperor as Pontifex Maximus, was that which St. Paul mentions " only he who now letteth, will let, until he be taken out of the way," as if he had said, the established power and authority of the Roman emperor, as Pontifex Maximus,...

...is God." And this power of the Roman emperor as Pontifex Maximus, was that which St. Paul mentions " only he who now letteth, will let, until he be taken out of the way," as if he had said, the established power and authority of the Roman emperor, as Pontifex Maximus,...

...intimated that the rise .of Antichrist should be gradual, ver. 7. " For the mystery of iniquity doth already work : only he who now letteth will let, until...This also came to pass. Again, it is prophesied of this mighty enemy of the Christian church, that he should be a great prince or monarch of the Roman...