2 Thessalonians 2:12
so that sentence may be passed on all those who refuse to believe the Truth, but delight in wickedness.
Twentieth Century New Testament
In The King James Version
That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
In Context
11That is why God places them under the influence of a delusion, to cause them to believe a lie;
Cross References
Mark 14:11They were glad to hear what he said, and promised to pay him. So he looked for a way to betray Jesus opportunely.
John 3:19The ground of his condemnation is this, that though the Light has come into the world, men preferred the darkness to the Light, because their actions were wicked.
Romans 1:32Well aware of God’s decree, that those who do such things deserve to die, not only are they guilty of them themselves, but they even applaud those who do 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 →