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2 Thessalonians 2:9–11

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9whose 1coming is in accord with the working of aSatan, with all power and 2bsigns and false wonders,

10and with 1all the deception of unrighteousness for athose who perish, because they did not receive the love of bthe truth so as to be saved.

11And for this reason aGod sends upon them a 1bdeluding influence so that they will believe 2what is false,

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Footnotes

  1. 1Or presence
  2. 2Or attesting miracles
  3. 1Or every deception
  4. 1Lit work of delusion, cf. 2:7, 9
  5. 2Or the lie

Cross references

  1. aMatt 4:10
  2. bMatt 24:24; John 4:48
  3. a1 Cor 1:18
  4. b2 Thess 2:12, 13
  5. a1 Kin 22:22; Rom 1:28
  6. b1 Thess 2:3; 2 Tim 4:4

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

The coming of the lawless one is by the activity of Satan with all power and false signs and wonders, and with all wicked deception for those who are perishing, because they refused to love the truth and so be saved. Therefore God sends them a strong delusion, so that they may believe what is false,

NIVNew International Version (2011)

The coming of the lawless one will be in accordance with how Satan works. He will use all sorts of displays of power through signs and wonders that serve the lie, and all the ways that wickedness deceives those who are perishing. They perish because they refused to love the truth and so be saved. For this reason God sends them a powerful delusion so that they will believe the lie

CSBChristian Standard Bible

The coming of the lawless one is based on Satan’s working, with every kind of miracle, both signs and wonders serving the lie, and with every wicked deception among those who are perishing. They perish because they did not accept the love of the truth and so be saved. For this reason God sends them a strong delusion so that they will believe the lie,

NLTNew Living Translation

This man will come to do the work of Satan with counterfeit power and signs and miracles. He 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. So God will cause them to be greatly deceived, and they will believe these lies.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

whose coming is in accordance with the working of Satan, with all power and signs and lying wonders, and with every unrighteous deception against those who are perishing, in place of which they did not accept the love of the truth, so that they would be saved. And because of this, God sends them a powerful delusion so that they will believe the lie,

KJV 1900King James Version

Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: