2 Thessalonians 2:11
And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:
Updated King James Version
In The King James Version
And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:
In Context
12That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
Cross References
1 Kings 22:18And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, Did I not tell you that he would prophesy no good concerning me, but evil?
Psalms 81:11But my people would not hearken to my voice; and Israel refused me.
Isaiah 6:9And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear all of you indeed, but understand not; and see all of you indeed, but perceive not.
Isaiah 44:20He feeds on ashes: a deceived heart has turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand?
Jeremiah 27:10For they prophesy a lie unto you, to remove you far from your land; and that I should drive you out, and all of you should perish.
Ezekiel 21:29While they see vanity unto you, while they divine a lie unto you, to bring you upon the necks of them that are slain, of the wicked, whose day has come, when their iniquity shall have an end.
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 →