2 Thessalonians 2:11

That is why God places them under the influence of a delusion, to cause them to believe a lie;

Twentieth Century New Testament

In The King James Version

And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:

In Context

10to the ruin of those who are on the path to destruction, because they have never received and loved the Truth to their own Salvation.

12so that sentence may be passed on all those who refuse to believe the Truth, but delight in wickedness.

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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 →

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