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.
• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)Then they will be condemned for enjoying evil rather than believing the truth.

Context of 2 Thessalonians 2:12

10and all the ways that wickedness deceives those who are perishing. They perish because they refused to love the truth and so be saved. 11For this reason God sends them a powerful delusion so that they will believe the lie and so that all will be condemned who have not believed the truth but have delighted in wickedness. 13But we ought always to thank God for you, brothers and sisters loved by the Lord, because God chose you as firstfruits to be saved through the sanctifying work of the Spirit and through belief in the truth. 14He called you to this through our gospel, that you might share in the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.

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 32:35It is mine to avenge; I will repay. In due time their foot will slip; their day of disaster is near and their doom rushes upon them.”
• Mark 16:16Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.
• John 3:36Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life, but whoever rejects the Son will not see life, for God’s wrath remains on them.
• 1 Thessalonians 5:9For God did not appoint us to suffer wrath but to receive salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ.
• 2 Peter 2:3In their greed these teachers will exploit you with fabricated stories. Their condemnation has long been hanging over them, and their destruction has not been sleeping.
• Jude 1:4For certain individuals whose condemnation was written about long ago have secretly slipped in among you. They are ungodly people, who pervert the grace of our God into a license for immorality and deny Jesus Christ our only Sovereign and Lord.
• Psalms 11:5The Lord examines the righteous, but the wicked, those who love violence, he hates with a passion.
• Psalms 50:16But to the wicked person, God says: “What right have you to recite my laws or take my covenant on your lips?
• Psalms 52:3You love evil rather than good, falsehood rather than speaking the truth.
• Hosea 7:3“They delight the king with their wickedness, the princes with their lies.
• Micah 3:2you who hate good and love evil; who tear the skin from my people and the flesh from their bones;
• Mark 14:11They were delighted to hear this and promised to give him money. So he watched for an opportunity to hand him over.
• John 3:19This is the verdict: Light has come into the world, but people loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil.
• Romans 1:32Although they know God’s righteous decree that those who do such things deserve death, they not only continue to do these very things but also approve of those who practice them.
• Romans 2:8But for those who are self-seeking and who reject the truth and follow evil, there will be wrath and anger.
• Romans 8:7The mind governed by the flesh is hostile to God; it does not submit to God’s law, nor can it do so.

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