2 Thessalonians 2:11
And, for this cause, God sendeth them an inworking of error, to the end they should believe in the falsehood,—
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:
In Context
Cross References
1 Kings 22:18Then said the king of Israel, unto Jehoshaphat,—Did I not say unto thee, He will not be moved to prophesy concerning me anything good, only calamity.
Psalms 81:11But my people, hearkened not, unto my voice, Even, Israel, inclined not unto me.
Isaiah 6:9Then said he—Go and say unto this people,—Hear on but do not discern, See on but do not perceive:
Isaiah 44:20He is feeding on ashes, A deluded heart, hath turned him aside,—And he cannot deliver his own soul nor say, Is there not a falsehood in my right hand?
Jeremiah 27:10for falsehood, are they prophesying unto you, that ye may be far removed from off your own soil, and I drive you out, and ye be destroyed
Ezekiel 21:29Since they see for thee, false visions, Since they divine for thee lies, To stretch thee upon the necks of them who are the most profaned of lawless ones, Whose day hath come, in a time of final iniquity,
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 →