2 Thessalonians 2:11
And for this cause God will send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:
Webster Bible
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 may be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
Cross References
1 Kings 22:18And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, Did I not tell thee that he would prophesy no good concerning me, but evil?
Psalms 81:11But my people would not hearken to my voice; and Israel would not obey me.
Isaiah 6:9And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not.
Isaiah 44:20He feedeth on ashes: a deceived heart hath 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 to you, to remove you far from your land; and that I should drive you out, and ye should perish.
Ezekiel 21:29While they see vanity to thee, while they divine a lie to thee, to bring thee upon the necks of them that are slain, of the wicked, whose day is 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 →