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

10and with every kind of wicked deception toward those who are perishing. They perish because they did not accept the love of the truth so as to be saved. 11For this reason God sends them a delusional force, to lead them to believe what is false, so that they may be judged—all those who did not believe the truth but delighted in wickedness. 13But we should always give thanks to God for you, brothers and sisters loved by the Lord, because God chose you as firstfruits for salvation through sanctification by the Ruach and belief in the truth. 14He called you to this salvation through our proclaiming the Good News, for you to gain the glory of our Lord Yeshua the Messiah.

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 payback, for the time when their foot staggers. Surely their day of disaster is near— what is prepared rushes on them.
• Mark 16:16He who believes and is immersed shall be saved, but he who does not believe shall be condemned.
• John 3:36He who trusts in the Son has eternal life. He who does not obey the Son will not see life, but the wrath of God remains on him.
• 1 Thessalonians 5:9For God did not destine us for wrath but for obtaining salvation through our Lord Yeshua the Messiah.
• 2 Peter 2:3In their greed they will exploit you with false words. Their judgment from long ago is not idle, and their destruction does not slumber.
• Jude 1:4For certain people have secretly slipped in—those who from long ago have been marked out for this judgment. They are ungodly people, who pervert the grace of our God into indecency and deny our only Master and Lord, Yeshua the Messiah.
• Psalms 11:5Adonai examines the righteous. But the wicked and one loving violence His soul hates.
• Psalms 50:16But to the wicked, God says: “What are you doing, reciting My laws and taking My covenant in your mouth?
• Psalms 52:3Why do you brag about evil, mighty man? God’s lovingkindness is every day.
• Hosea 7:3They gladden the king with their evil and the princes with their lies.
• Micah 3:2You haters of good and lovers of evil, you are robbing their skin from them and their flesh from their bones.”
• Mark 14:11They were delighted when they heard this and promised to give him money. And Judah began looking for a chance to hand Him over.
• John 3:19“Now this is the judgment, that the light has come into the world and men loved the darkness instead of the light, because their deeds were evil.
• Romans 1:32Though they know God’s righteous decree—that those who practice such things deserve death—they not only do them but also approve of others who practice the same.
• Romans 2:8But to those who are self-seeking and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness—wrath and fury.
• Romans 8:7For the mindset of the flesh is hostile toward God, for it does not submit itself to the law of God—for it cannot.

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