2 Thessalonians 2:11
And therefore God shall send them strong delusion, that they should beleeue lies,
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:
In Context
12That all they might be damned which beleeued not the trueth, but had pleasure in vnrighteousnes.
Cross References
1 Kings 22:18(And the King of Israel saide vnto Iehoshaphat, Did I not tell thee, that he would prophecie no good vnto me, but euill?)
Psalms 81:11But my people would not heare my voyce, and Israel would none of me.
Isaiah 6:9And he sayd, Goe, and say vnto this people, Ye shall heare in deede, but ye shall not vnderstand: ye shall plainely see, and not perceiue.
Isaiah 44:20He feedeth of ashes: a seduced heart hath deceiued him, that he cannot deliuer his soule, nor say, Is there not a lye in my right hand?
Jeremiah 27:10For they prophecie a lie vnto you to cause you to goe farre from your lande, and that I should cast you out, and you should perish.
Ezekiel 21:29Whiles they see vanitie vnto thee, and prophecied a lie vnto thee to bring thee vpon the neckes of the wicked that are slaine, whose day is come when their iniquitie shall haue an ende.
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 →