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2 Thessalonians 2:10–11

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10and all the ways that wickedness deceives those who are perishing.x They perish because they refused to love the truth and so be saved.y 11For this reason God sends themz a powerful delusiona so that they will believe the lieb

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Cross references

  1. xSee 1 Co 1:18
  2. yPr 4:6; Jn 3:17–19
  3. zRo 1:28
  4. aMt 24:5; See Mk 13:5
  5. bRo 1:25

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

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,

CSBChristian Standard Bible

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

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

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

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: