Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version For this reason God sends them a powerful delusion so that they will believe the lie New Living Translation So God will cause them to be greatly deceived, and they will believe these lies. English Standard Version Therefore God sends them a strong delusion, so that they may believe what is false, Berean Standard Bible For this reason God will send them a powerful delusion so that they believe the lie, Berean Literal Bible And because of this, God will send to them a working of delusion, for them to believe what is false, King James Bible And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: New King James Version And for this reason God will send them strong delusion, that they should believe the lie, New American Standard Bible For this reason God will send upon them a deluding influence so that they will believe what is false, NASB 1995 For this reason God will send upon them a deluding influence so that they will believe what is false, NASB 1977 And for this reason God will send upon them a deluding influence so that they might believe what is false, Legacy Standard Bible And for this reason God sends upon them a deluding influence so that they will believe what is false, Amplified Bible Because of this God will send upon them a misleading influence, [an activity of error and deception] so they will believe the lie, Christian Standard Bible For this reason God sends them a strong delusion so that they will believe the lie, Holman Christian Standard Bible For this reason God sends them a strong delusion so that they will believe what is false, American Standard Version And for this cause God sendeth them a working of error, that they should believe a lie: Aramaic Bible in Plain English Because of this, God sent them the activity of delusion that they would believe lies. Contemporary English Version So God will make sure they are fooled into believing a lie. Douay-Rheims Bible Therefore God shall send them the operation of error, to believe lying: English Revised Version And for this cause God sendeth them a working of error, that they should believe a lie: GOD'S WORD® Translation That's why God will send them a powerful delusion so that they will believe a lie. Good News Translation And so God sends the power of error to work in them so that they believe what is false. International Standard Version For this reason, God will send them a powerful delusion so that they will believe the lie. Literal Standard Version and because of this God will send to them a working of delusion, for their believing the lie, Majority Standard Bible For this reason God will send them a powerful delusion so that they believe the lie, New American Bible Therefore, God is sending them a deceiving power so that they may believe the lie, NET Bible Consequently God sends on them a deluding influence so that they will believe what is false. New Revised Standard Version For this reason God sends them a powerful delusion, leading them to believe what is false, New Heart English Bible And because of this, God sends them a strong delusion, that they should believe the lie, Webster's Bible Translation And for this cause God will send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: Weymouth New Testament And for this reason God sends them a misleading influence that they may believe the lie; World English Bible Because of this, God sends them a powerful delusion, that they should believe a lie, Young's Literal Translation and because of this shall God send to them a working of delusion, for their believing the lie, Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Man of Lawlessness…10and with every wicked deception directed against those who are perishing, because they refused the love of the truth that would have saved them. 11 For this reason God will send them a powerful delusion so that they believe the lie, 12in order that judgment may come upon all who have disbelieved the truth and delighted in wickedness.… Cross References 1 Kings 22:22 And he replied, 'I will go out and be a lying spirit in the mouths of all his prophets.' 'You will surely entice him and prevail,' said the LORD. 'Go and do it.' Isaiah 44:20 He feeds on ashes. His deluded heart has led him astray, and he cannot deliver himself or say, "Is not this thing in my right hand a lie?" Jeremiah 4:10 Then I said, "Ah, Lord GOD, how completely You have deceived this people and Jerusalem by saying, 'You will have peace,' while a sword is at our throats." Romans 1:28 Furthermore, since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, He gave them up to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done. 1 Thessalonians 2:3 For our appeal does not arise from deceit or ulterior motives or trickery. 2 Timothy 4:4 So they will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths. Treasury of Scripture And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: for. Psalm 81:11,12 But my people would not hearken to my voice; and Israel would none of me… Psalm 109:17 As he loved cursing, so let it come unto him: as he delighted not in blessing, so let it be far from him. Isaiah 29:9-14 Stay yourselves, and wonder; cry ye out, and cry: they are drunken, but not with wine; they stagger, but not with strong drink… God. 1 Kings 22:18-22 And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, Did I not tell thee that he would prophesy no good concerning me, but evil? … 2 Chronicles 18:18-22 Again he said, Therefore hear the word of the LORD; I saw the LORD sitting upon his throne, and all the host of heaven standing on his right hand and on his left… See on Isaiah 6:9,10 And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not… Ezekiel 14:9 And if the prophet be deceived when he hath spoken a thing, I the LORD have deceived that prophet, and I will stretch out my hand upon him, and will destroy him from the midst of my people Israel. that. Isaiah 44:20 He feedeth on ashes: a deceived heart hath turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand? Isaiah 66:4 I also will choose their delusions, and will bring their fears upon them; because when I called, none did answer; when I spake, they did not hear: but they did evil before mine eyes, and chose that in which I delighted not. Jeremiah 27:10 For they prophesy a lie unto you, to remove you far from your land; and that I should drive you out, and ye should perish. Jump to Previous Believe Believing Cause Deceit Deluding Delusion Error Faith Influence Lie Misleading Power Powerful Reason Sends Strong WorkingJump to Next Believe Believing Cause Deceit Deluding Delusion Error Faith Influence Lie Misleading Power Powerful Reason Sends Strong Working2 Thessalonians 2 1. Paul urges them to continue stedfast in the truth received;3. shows that there shall be a departure from the faith, 9. and a discovery of Antichrist, before the day of the Lord comes; 15. repeats his exhortation to stand firm, and prays for them. (11) And for this cause--i.e., because they did not care whether things were true or not. This verse is not a mere repetition of 2Thessalonians 2:9-10. There we were told of external dangers which would attend Antichrist's coming for them that perish: because they had not cared for truth, therefore the presence of the Man of Sin, which could not even imperil the truth-lovers, would for them be full of special marvels and frauds by which they might be misled. Here is set forth the effect upon their own selves of refusing to accept God's gift of love of truth: God takes from them (by His natural law) their power of discerning the true from the false, and thus (as it were) actually deceives them. Every wilful sin does this double mischief: it strengthens the power of the temptation without; it weakens the power to resist within. For an illustration, see 2Chronicles 18:7; 2Chronicles 18:22 : Ahab cares only for the pleasant, not the true, and the Lord requites him by sending forth a lying spirit to entice him. Shall send.--The Greek has sendeth: so "is" in 2Thessalonians 2:9 : St. Paul sees it all going on before his eyes. "A strong delusion" should be "an effectual inward working of error"--no longer a mere indifference to truth, but a real influence of error upon their hearts. This inward work of error is sent "with a view to their believing the lie" (the Greek has the definite article)--the lie (that is) which Antichrist would have them believe. A terrible combination when God and Satan are agreed to deceive a man! Yet what an encouragement to see God using Satan for His own purposes. Verse 11. - For this cause; on account of their being destitute of a love of the truth. God shall send them; or rather, God sends them; the present being chosen because the apostasy had already commenced, the mystery of lawlessness was already working. Strong delusion; or, a working of error (R.V.). These words are not to be weakened, as if they meant merely that in righteous judgment God permitted strong delusion to be sent them; the words are not a mere assertion of judicial permission, but of actual retribution. It is the ordinance of God that the wicked by their wicked actions fall into greater wickedness, and that thus sin is punished by sin; and what is an ordinance of God is appointed by God himself. That they should believe a lie; or rather, the lie, namely the falsehood which the man of sin disseminates by his deceit of unrighteousness. Being destitute of the love of the truth, they are necessarily led to believe a lie - their minds are open to all manner of falsehood and delusion.Parallel Commentaries ... Greek For this reason,διὰ (dia) Preposition Strong's 1223: A primary preposition denoting the channel of an act; through. God Θεὸς (Theos) Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular Strong's 2316: A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very. will send πέμπει (pempei) Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular Strong's 3992: To send, transmit, permit to go, put forth. them αὐτοῖς (autois) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative Masculine 3rd Person Plural Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons. a powerful ἐνέργειαν (energeian) Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular Strong's 1753: Working, action, productive work, activity; in the NT, confined to superhuman activity. From energes; efficiency. delusion πλάνης (planēs) Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular Strong's 4106: Feminine of planos; objectively, fraudulence; subjectively, a straying from orthodoxy or piety. so that εἰς (eis) Preposition Strong's 1519: A primary preposition; to or into, of place, time, or purpose; also in adverbial phrases. they αὐτοὺς (autous) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person Plural Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons. will believe πιστεῦσαι (pisteusai) Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active Strong's 4100: From pistis; to have faith, i.e. Credit; by implication, to entrust. [the] lie, ψεύδει (pseudei) Noun - Dative Neuter Singular Strong's 5579: A lie, falsehood, untruth; false religion. From pseudomai; a falsehood. 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