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2 Thessalonians 2:12
12that all might be judged who have not believed the truth, but have found pleasure in unrighteousness.
2 Thessalonians 2:12 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
- New International Version (NIV)and so that all will be condemned who have not believed the truth but have delighted in wickedness.
- English Standard Version (ESV)in order that all may be condemned who did not believe the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
- New King James Version (NKJV)that they all may be condemned who did not believe the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
Context of 2 Thessalonians 2:12
10and in all deceit of unrighteousness to them that perish, because they have not received the love of the truth that they might be saved. 11And for this reason God sends to them a working of error, that they should believe what is false, that all might be judged who have not believed the truth, but have found pleasure in unrighteousness. 13But we ought to give thanks to God always for you, brethren beloved of [the] Lord, that God has chosen you from [the] beginning to salvation in sanctification of [the] Spirit and belief of [the] truth: 14whereto he has called you by our glad tidings, to [the] obtaining of [the] glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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ἵνα κριθῶσιν πάντες οἱ μὴ πιστεύσαντες τῇ ἀληθείᾳ ἀλλ᾽ εὐδοκήσαντες τῇ ἀδικίᾳ.¶Read the interlinear
Cross-references for 2 Thessalonians 2:12
- Deuteronomy 32:35Vengeance is mine, and recompense, For the time when their foot shall slip. For the day of their calamity is at hand, And the things that shall come upon them make haste.
- Mark 16:16He that believes and is baptised shall be saved, and he that disbelieves shall be condemned.
- John 3:36He that believes on the Son has life eternal, and he that is not subject to the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abides upon him.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:9because God has not set us for wrath, but for obtaining salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,
- 2 Peter 2:3And through covetousness, with well-turned words, will they make merchandise of you: for whom judgment of old is not idle, and their destruction slumbers not.
- Jude 1:4For certain men have got in unnoticed, they who of old were marked out beforehand to this sentence, ungodly [persons], turning the grace of our God into dissoluteness, and denying our only Master and Lord Jesus Christ.
- Psalms 11:5Jehovah trieth the righteous one; but the wicked, and him that loveth violence, his soul hateth.
- Psalms 50:16But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare my statutes, or that thou shouldest take my covenant into thy mouth,
- Psalms 52:3Thou hast loved evil rather than good, lying rather than to speak righteousness. Selah.
- Hosea 7:3They make the king glad with their wickedness, and the princes with their lies.
- Micah 3:2Ye who hate the good, and love evil; who pluck off their skin from them, and their flesh from off their bones;
- Mark 14:11and they, when they heard it, rejoiced, and promised him to give money. And he sought how he could opportunely deliver him up.
- John 3:19And this is the judgment, that light is come into the world, and men have loved darkness rather than light; for their works were evil.
- Romans 1:32who knowing the righteous judgment of God, that they who do such things are worthy of death, not only practise them, but have fellow delight in those who do [them].
- Romans 2:8But to those that are contentious, and are disobedient to the truth, but obey unrighteousness, [there shall be] wrath and indignation,
- Romans 8:7Because the mind of the flesh is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God; for neither indeed can it be:
Commentaries on 2 Thessalonians 2:12
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 12That they all might be damned - ̔ · So that they may all be condemned who believed not the truth when it was proclaimed to them; but took pleasure in unrighteousness, preferring that to the way of holiness. Their condemnation was the effect of their refusal to believe the truth; and they refused to believe it because they loved their sins. For a farther and more pointed illustration of the preceding verses, see the conclusion of this chapter (note).Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 12That they all might be damned - The word “damned” we commonly apply now exclusively to future punishment, and it has a harsher signification than the original word; compare the notes, 1 Corinthians 11:29. The Greek word - ́ krinō- means to judge, determine, decide; and then to condemn; Romans 2:27; Romans 14:22; James 4:11; John 7:51; Luke 19:22; Acts 13:27. It may be applied to the judgment of the last day John 5:22; John 8:50; Acts 17:31; Romans 3:6; 2…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 5-12Verses 5-12 Something hindered or withheld the man of sin. It is supposed to be the power of the Roman empire, which the apostle did not mention more plainly at that time. Corruption of doctrine and worship came in by degrees, and the usurping of power was gradual; thus the mystery of iniquity prevailed. Superstition and idolatry were advanced by pretended devotion, and bigotry and persecution were promoted by pretended zeal for God and his glory. This…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 12God will find them guilty because they do not believe the truth (see 1:6–9). They chose to believe the lie of the man of lawlessness instead (see 2:10 and 2:9–10).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1212. they all ... damned--rather as Greek, "that all," &c. He here states the general proposition which applies specially to Antichrist's adherents. Not all in the Church of Rome, or other anti-Christian systems, shall be damned, but only "all who believed not the truth," when offered to them, "but had pleasure in unrighteousness" (Ro 1:32; 2:8). Love of unrighteousness being the great obstacle to believing the truth.Read the comment
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- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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