2 Thessalonians 2:11
Because of this, God sends them a powerful delusion, that they should believe a lie,
World Messianic 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 all might be judged who didn’t believe the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
Cross References
1 Kings 22:18The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “Didn’t I tell you that he would not prophesy good concerning me, but evil?”
Psalms 81:11But my people didn’t listen to my voice. Israel desired none of me.
Isaiah 6:9He said, “Go, and tell this people, ‘You hear indeed, but don’t understand. You see indeed, but don’t perceive.’
Isaiah 44:20He feeds on ashes. A deceived heart has turned him aside; and he can’t deliver his soul, nor say, “Isn’t there a lie in my right hand?”
Jeremiah 27:10for they prophesy a lie to you, to remove you far from your land, so that I would drive you out, and you would perish.
Ezekiel 21:29while they see for you false visions, while they divine lies to you, to lay you on the necks of the wicked who are deadly wounded, whose day has come in the time of the iniquity of the end.
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 →