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For the mystery of lawlessness doth already work (to gar mustērion ēdē energeitai tēs anomias). See note on 1Th 2:13 for energeitai. The genitive tēs anomias (lawlessness) describes to mustērion (note emphatic position of both). This mystery (mustērion secret, from mustēs, an initiate, mueō, to wink or blink) means here the secret purpose of lawlessness already at work, the only instance of this usage in the N.T. where it is used of the kingdom of God (Mat 13:11), of God (1Co 2:1) and God’s will (Eph 1:9), of Christ (Eph 3:4), of the gospel (Eph 6:9), of faith (1Ti 3:9), of godliness (1Ti 3:16), of the seven stars (Rev 1:20), of the woman (Rev 17:7). But this secret will be “revealed” and then we shall understand clearly what Paul’s meaning is here.
Until he be taken out of the way (heōs ek mesou genētai). Usual construction with heōs for the future (aorist middle subjunctive, genētai). Note absence of an as often in N.T. and the Koiné‚. Paul uses heōs only here and 1Co 4:5. When the obstacle is removed then the mystery of lawlessness will be revealed in plain outline.