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 use every kind of evil deception to fool those on their way to destruction, because they refuse to love and accept the truth that would save them. 11So God will cause them to be greatly deceived, and they will believe these lies. Then they will be condemned for enjoying evil rather than believing the truth. 13As for us, we can’t help but thank God for you, dear brothers and sisters loved by the Lord. We are always thankful that God chose you to be among the first to experience salvation—a salvation that came through the Spirit who makes you holy and through your belief in the truth. 14He called you to salvation when we told you the Good News; now you can 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 32:35I will take revenge; I will pay them back. In due time their feet will slip. Their day of disaster will arrive, and their destiny will overtake them.’
• Mark 16:16Anyone who believes and is baptized will be saved. But anyone who refuses to believe will be condemned.
• John 3:36And anyone who believes in God’s Son has eternal life. Anyone who doesn’t obey the Son will never experience eternal life but remains under God’s angry judgment.”
• 1 Thessalonians 5:9For God chose to save us through our Lord Jesus Christ, not to pour out his anger on us.
• 2 Peter 2:3In their greed they will make up clever lies to get hold of your money. But God condemned them long ago, and their destruction will not be delayed.
• Jude 1:4I say this because some ungodly people have wormed their way into your churches, saying that God’s marvelous grace allows us to live immoral lives. The condemnation of such people was recorded long ago, for they have denied our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.
• Psalms 11:5The Lord examines both the righteous and the wicked. He hates those who love violence.
• Psalms 50:16But God says to the wicked: “Why bother reciting my decrees and pretending to obey my covenant?
• Psalms 52:3You love evil more than good and lies more than truth. Interlude
• Hosea 7:3“The people entertain the king with their wickedness, and the princes laugh at their lies.
• Micah 3:2but you are the very ones who hate good and love evil. You skin my people alive and tear the flesh from their bones.
• Mark 14:11They were delighted when they heard why he had come, and they promised to give him money. So he began looking for an opportunity to betray Jesus.
• John 3:19And the judgment is based on this fact: God’s light came into the world, but people loved the darkness more than the light, for their actions were evil.
• Romans 1:32They know God’s justice requires that those who do these things deserve to die, yet they do them anyway. Worse yet, they encourage others to do them, too.
• Romans 2:8But he will pour out his anger and wrath on those who live for themselves, who refuse to obey the truth and instead live lives of wickedness.
• Romans 8:7For the sinful nature is always hostile to God. It never did obey God’s laws, and it never will.

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