⁶ And one said to the man dressed in linen, who was above the waters of the river, “How long will it be until the end of these wonders?”^(A)

²⁵ I do not want you, believers, to be unaware of this mystery [God’s previously hidden plan]—so that you will not be wise in your own opinion—that a partial hardening has [temporarily] happened to Israel [to last] until the full number of the Gentiles has come in;

⁵⁵ O death, where is your victory? O death, where is your sting?”^(A)

⁷ For the mystery of lawlessness [rebellion against divine authority and the coming reign of lawlessness] is already at work; [but it is restrained] only until he who now restrains it is taken out of the way.