2 Thessalonians 2:11
And for this cause God sendeth them a working of delusion, that they may believe the falsehood;
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:
In Context
12that they may all be judged, who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
Cross References
Psalms 81:11But my people would not listen to my voice, And Israel would not hearken to me.
Isaiah 6:9And he said: Go, and say thou to this people, Hear ye, indeed, but understand not; See ye, indeed, but perceive not!
Isaiah 44:20He toileth for ashes; A deluded heart turneth him aside, So that he cannot deliver himself, and say “Is there not a lie in my right hand?”
Jeremiah 27:10For they prophesy a lie to you, to remove you far from your land, and that I should drive you out, and that ye should perish.
Ezekiel 21:29while they see deceit for thee, and prophesy falsehood, that it may bring thee to the necks of the wicked that are slain, whose day cometh in the time when iniquity bringeth destruction.
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 →