2 Thessalonians 2:10
and with all the deceptiveness of iniquity, in them that perish; because they did not receive the love of the truth, by which they might have life.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
In Context
11Therefore God will send upon them the operation of deception, that they may believe a lie;
Cross References
Matthew 13:11And he answered, and said to them: Because, to you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.
John 3:19And this is the ground of condemnation, that light hath come into the world, and men have loved darkness rather than light, for their deeds have been evil.
John 8:45But me, because I speak the truth, ye believe me not.
Romans 6:17But thanks be to God, that ye were once the servants of sin but have now from the heart obeyed that form of doctrine to which ye are devoted.
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 →