2 Thessalonians 2:12
in order that they may all be condemned who did not believe the truth, but took pleasure in unrighteousness.
1902 William Baxter Godbey NT
In The King James Version
That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
In Context
11And on this account God sends to them the working of delusion, that they should believe a lie:
Cross References
Mark 14:11And they, hearing, rejoiced, and promised to give him money. And he was seeking how he might betray Him opportunely.
John 3:19And this is the condemnation, that light has come into the world, and men love darkness rather than light; for their works are evil.
Romans 1:32who, knowing the rightfulness of God, that those who do such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but they even delight in those who are doing them.
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 →