2 Thessalonians 2:12

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

10He will do all kinds of bad things that deceive people. The people that he deceives are people that God will destroy. Those people believe false things because they have refused to accept God's true message. If they had loved that true message, God would have saved them. 11For this reason, God causes their minds to accept something that is wrong. They believe a false message. As a result, God will punish all of them. They have refused to believe what is true. Instead, they have enjoyed doing very bad things. 13We always thank God for you, our Christian friends that the Lord loves. We ought to thank God, because he has chosen to save you. God chose you to belong to him, as some of the first people that he would save. You believed God's true message. And God's Spirit makes you separate from things that are bad. 14We told you God's good news. That is how God called you to come to him. He saved you so that you would join with our Lord Jesus Christ in heaven.

2 Thessalonians 2:12 word by word

ἵνα κριθῶσιν πάντες οἱ μὴ πιστεύσαντες τῇ ἀληθείᾳ ἀλλ᾽ εὐδοκήσαντες τῇ ἀδικίᾳ.¶Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Thatἵναhina · in order that/toG2443
• theyκρίνωkrinō · to judgeG2919
• allπᾶςpas · allG3956
• who believedπιστεύωpisteuō · to trust (in)G4100
• notμήmē · notG3361
• the truthἀλήθειαalētheia · truthG225
• butἀλλάalla · butG235
• had pleasureεὐδοκέωeudokeō · to delightG2106
• inἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• unrighteousnessἀδικίαadikia · unrighteousnessG93

Cross-references for 2 Thessalonians 2:12

• Deuteronomy 32:35When the right time comes, I will punish them as they deserve. They will suddenly fall and great trouble will quickly destroy them.’
• Mark 16:16If a person believes in me, then you should baptize that person. And God will save that person. But if a person does not believe, God will judge that person to be guilty.
• John 3:36Anyone who believes in the Son has life with God for ever. But anyone who refuses to obey the Son will never have life with God. God will continue to be angry with people like that.’
• 1 Thessalonians 5:9God did not choose us as his people so that he could be angry with us. He chose us so that he could save us because of what our Lord Jesus Christ has done.
• 2 Peter 2:3The false teachers want you to give them money. So they will teach things that are not true. A long time ago, God already decided that he must punish them. God is ready to do that now. Certainly, he will soon destroy them.
• Jude 1:4I say this because certain bad people have secretly come among you. They have turned away from God. They are trying to change God's true message. They teach that we can do any evil things that we want to do. They say that God will be kind and he will forgive us for all those things. They do not accept the authority of Jesus Christ, who is our only Master and our Lord. God will certainly punish those wicked people. A long time ago God said that he would punish people like them.
• Psalms 11:5The Lord watches both good people and wicked people. Good people please him, but he hates wicked people and cruel people.
• Psalms 50:16But God says this to the wicked people: ‘It is useless for you to speak about my commands, or about my covenant.
• Psalms 52:3You love to do evil things, not good things. You love to tell lies more than the truth. Selah.
• Hosea 7:3The king is happy to see the evil things that his people do. The leaders are also happy when the people cheat and tell lies.
• Micah 3:2But you hate what is good. And you love what is bad. You would like to tear the skin off my people, and pull the meat from their bones.
• Mark 14:11The leaders of the priests were very happy about this. They promised to give Judas some money. Then Judas waited for the right moment to help them to take hold of Jesus.
• John 3:19God's Son has brought light into the world. But some people did not love the light. They loved the dark instead. That was because they were doing evil things. That is why God has decided to punish those people.
• Romans 1:32These people understand God's message about what is right. They know that people who do bad things like this ought to die. But they still continue to do those bad things. They are even happy when other people do those bad things too.
• Romans 2:8But other people think only about themselves. They refuse to obey God's true message. Instead, they continue to do things that are wrong. God will be very angry with people like that and he will punish them.
• Romans 8:7If our weak human thoughts rule us, we become God's enemies. People like that do not want to obey God's Law. They are not even able to obey it.

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

Topics related to 2 Thessalonians 2:12

• Antichrist
• Apostasy
• Blindness
• Miracles
• Pleasure
• Reprobacy
• Truth
• Unbelief

In the dictionaries

• Deceivableness
• Let
• Shake
• Tradition
• Condemn; Condemnation
• Damn; Damnation; Damnable
• Ephesians, Epistle to the
• Eschatology of the New Testament
• Jesus Christ
• Paul, the Apostle

Commentaries on 2 Thessalonians 2

• 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