2 Thessalonians 2:12
New International Version
and so that all will be condemned who have not believed the truth but have delighted in wickedness.

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

English Standard Version
in order that all may be condemned who did not believe the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness.

Berean Standard Bible
in order that judgment may come upon all who have disbelieved the truth and delighted in wickedness.

Berean Literal Bible
in order that all those not having believed the truth but having delighted in unrighteousness should be judged.

King James Bible
That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.

New King James Version
that they all may be condemned who did not believe the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness.

New American Standard Bible
in order that they all may be judged who did not believe the truth, but took pleasure in wickedness.

NASB 1995
in order that they all may be judged who did not believe the truth, but took pleasure in wickedness.

NASB 1977
in order that they all may be judged who did not believe the truth, but took pleasure in wickedness.

Legacy Standard Bible
in order that they all may be judged who did not believe the truth, but took pleasure in unrighteousness.

Amplified Bible
in order that all may be judged and condemned who did not believe the truth [about their sin, and the need for salvation through Christ], but instead took pleasure in unrighteousness.

Christian Standard Bible
so that all will be condemned —those who did not believe the truth but delighted in unrighteousness.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
so that all will be condemned—those who did not believe the truth but enjoyed unrighteousness.

American Standard Version
that they all might be judged who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And all those who believed not the truth, but chose evil, will be judged.

Contemporary English Version
All of them will be punished, because they would rather do evil than believe the truth.

Douay-Rheims Bible
That all may be judged who have not believed the truth, but have consented to iniquity.

English Revised Version
that they all might be judged who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Then everyone who did not believe the truth, but was delighted with what God disapproves of, will be condemned.

Good News Translation
The result is that all who have not believed the truth, but have taken pleasure in sin, will be condemned.

International Standard Version
Then all who have not believed the truth but have taken pleasure in unrighteousness will be condemned.

Literal Standard Version
that they may be judged—all who did not believe the truth, but were well pleased in the unrighteousness.

Majority Standard Bible
in order that judgment may come upon all who have disbelieved the truth and delighted in wickedness.

New American Bible
that all who have not believed the truth but have approved wrongdoing may be condemned.

NET Bible
And so all of them who have not believed the truth but have delighted in evil will be condemned.

New Revised Standard Version
so that all who have not believed the truth but took pleasure in unrighteousness will be condemned.

New Heart English Bible
in order that all might be judged who did not believe the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.

Webster's Bible Translation
That they all may be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.

Weymouth New Testament
in order that all may come under judgement who have refused to believe the truth and have taken pleasure in unrighteousness.

World English Bible
that they all might be judged who didn’t believe the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.

Young's Literal Translation
that they may be judged -- all who did not believe the truth, but were well pleased in the unrighteousness.

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Context
The Man of Lawlessness
11For 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. 13But we should always thank God for you, brothers who are loved by the Lord, because God has chosen you from the beginning to be saved by the sanctification of the Spirit and by faith in the truth.…

Cross References
Romans 1:32
Although they know God's righteous decree that those who do such things are worthy of death, they not only continue to do these things, but also approve of those who practice them.

Romans 2:8
But for those who are self-seeking and who reject the truth and follow wickedness, there will be wrath and anger.

1 Corinthians 13:6
Love takes no pleasure in evil, but rejoices in the truth.

2 Thessalonians 2:10
and with every wicked deception directed against those who are perishing, because they refused the love of the truth that would have saved them.


Treasury of Scripture

That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.

they.

Deuteronomy 32:35
To me belongeth vengeance, and recompence; their foot shall slide in due time: for the day of their calamity is at hand, and the things that shall come upon them make haste.

Mark 16:16
He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.

John 3:36
He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.

but.

Psalm 11:5
The LORD trieth the righteous: but the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth.

Psalm 50:16-21
But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare my statutes, or that thou shouldest take my covenant in thy mouth? …

Psalm 52:3,4
Thou lovest evil more than good; and lying rather than to speak righteousness. Selah…

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2 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.














(12) That they all.--This is God's purpose in making them believe the lie--"in order that, one and all, they might be judged." He who desireth not the death of a sinner, now is said actually to lay plans with the intention of judging him: such are the bold self-contradictions of the Bible! It must not, however, be forgotten for a moment that God did not begin to will the sinner's judgment till after He had offered him freely the love of His own blessed truth, and had been rejected. When once the sinner is incurable, the only way to vindicate truth and righteousness is by hastening on his condemnation, whatever that condemnation may mean.

Who believed not the truth. . . .--Once more the offence for which they are condemned is insisted upon. Theirs is no fancy sin. What God wanted them to believe was not some fantastical dogma, some fiction between which and the fictions of the Man of Sin there was nothing morally to choose, but the inviolable truth by which God Himself is bound. But had pleasure in the unrighteousness (so runs the Greek): i.e., consciously gave their moral consent to the unrighteousness of 2Thessalonians 2:10, the unrighteousness which sought to impose itself upon them, and which they would never have been led into had they loved the truth.

Verse 12. - That; in order that. The statement of purpose depending, not upon "that they should believe a lie," but upon "God sends them a strong delusion" - denoting a still more remote purpose of God. God, as the moral Ruler of the universe, will pronounce sentence of condemnation against them, this sentence being the necessary result of their receiving not the love of the truth. Its reception would have been the cause of their salvation; its rejection results in their condemnation. They all might be damned; or rather, judged (R.V.). The verb employed does not here, or elsewhere, express the idea of condemnation, though this is implied by the context. Who believed not the truth; namely, the Christian truth; their unbelief of it was the consequence of their want of love of the truth, and was the cause of their being judged. But had pleasure in unrighteousness. Their delight in unrighteousness was wholly incompatible with their belief in the truth; their want of faith arose, not from any defect in their understanding, but from the perversion of their moral nature. Here the description of the man of sin concludes, and hence the second division of the Epistle closes. The succeeding verses should have been attached to a new paragraph, being the commencement of the third or hortatory portion of the Epistle.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
in order that
ἵνα (hina)
Conjunction
Strong's 2443: In order that, so that. Probably from the same as the former part of heautou; in order that.

judgment will come upon
κριθῶσιν (krithōsin)
Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Passive - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's 2919: Properly, to distinguish, i.e. Decide; by implication, to try, condemn, punish.

all
πάντες (pantes)
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's 3956: All, the whole, every kind of. Including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole.

who
οἱ (hoi)
Article - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

have disbelieved
πιστεύσαντες (pisteusantes)
Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's 4100: From pistis; to have faith, i.e. Credit; by implication, to entrust.

the
τῇ (tē)
Article - Dative Feminine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

truth
ἀληθείᾳ (alētheia)
Noun - Dative Feminine Singular
Strong's 225: From alethes; truth.

[and]
ἀλλὰ (alla)
Conjunction
Strong's 235: But, except, however. Neuter plural of allos; properly, other things, i.e. contrariwise.

delighted
εὐδοκήσαντες (eudokēsantes)
Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's 2106: To be well-pleased, think it good, be resolved. From eu and dokeo; to think well of, i.e. Approve; specially, to approbate.

in wickedness.
ἀδικίᾳ (adikia)
Noun - Dative Feminine Singular
Strong's 93: Injustice, unrighteousness, hurt. From adikos; injustice; morally, wrongfulness.


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