2 Thessalonians 2:10
and in all deceit of unrighteousness for those who perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)
In The King James Version
In Context
9[him,] whose coming is after the working of Satan, in all power and signs and lying wonders,
11And for this cause God sends them a working of delusion, in order that they may believe the lie;
Cross References
Matthew 13:11And he answering said to them: To you it is given[13:11] to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven; but to them it is not given.
John 3:19And this is the judgment, that light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the light; for their deeds were evil.
John 8:45And because I speak the truth, ye believe me not.
Romans 6:17But thanks be to God, that ye were servants of sin, but obeyed from the heart that form of teaching which was delivered to you[6:18];
Matthew Henry on 2 Thessalonians 2:2-13
Cautions against False Alarm. ( a. d. 52.) 1 Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him, 2 That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand. 3 Let no man deceive you by any means— From these words it appears that some among the Thessalonians had mistaken the apostle's meaning, in what he had written in his former epistle about the coming of Christ, by… Read the whole commentary →