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

Context of 2 Thessalonians 2:12

10and with all unrighteous deception among those who perish, because they did not receive the love of the truth, that they might be saved. 11And for this reason God will send them strong delusion, that they should believe the lie, that they all may be condemned who did not believe the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness. 13But we are bound to give thanks to God always for you, brethren beloved by the Lord, because God from the beginning chose you for salvation through sanctification by the Spirit and belief in the truth, 14to which He called you by our gospel, for the obtaining of 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 32:35Vengeance is Mine, and recompense; Their foot shall slip in due time; For the day of their calamity is at hand, And the things to come hasten upon them.’
• Mark 16:16He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who does not believe will be condemned.
• John 3:36He who believes in the Son has everlasting life; and he who does not believe the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abides on him.”
• 1 Thessalonians 5:9For God did not appoint us to wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,
• 2 Peter 2:3By covetousness they will exploit you with deceptive words; for a long time their judgment has not been idle, and their destruction does not slumber.
• Jude 1:4For certain men have crept in unnoticed, who long ago were marked out for this condemnation, ungodly men, who turn the grace of our God into lewdness and deny the only Lord God and our Lord Jesus Christ.
• Psalms 11:5The Lord tests the righteous, But the wicked and the one who loves violence His soul hates.
• Psalms 50:16But to the wicked God says: “What right have you to declare My statutes, Or take My covenant in your mouth,
• Psalms 52:3You love evil more than good, Lying rather than speaking righteousness. Selah
• Hosea 7:3They make a king glad with their wickedness, And princes with their lies.
• Micah 3:2You who hate good and love evil; Who strip the skin from My people, And the flesh from their bones;
• Mark 14:11And when they heard it, they were glad, and promised to give him money. So he sought how he might conveniently betray Him.
• John 3:19And this is the condemnation, that the light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.
• Romans 1:32who, knowing the righteous judgment of God, that those who practice such things are deserving of death, not only do the same but also approve of those who practice them.
• Romans 2:8but to those who are self-seeking and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness—indignation and wrath,
• Romans 8:7Because the carnal mind is enmity against God; for it is not subject to the law of God, nor indeed can 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

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