2 Thessalonians 2:11
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“For this reason God will send them a powerful delusion so that they believe the lie,”
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“For this reason God will send them a powerful delusion so that they believe the lie,”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:”
King James Version · Public Domain“And for this cause God sendeth them a working of error, that they should believe a lie:”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“and because of this shall God send to them a working of delusion, for their believing the lie,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo 2 Thessalonians 2:11 — 19 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 39:19When his master heard the story his wife told him, saying, “This is what your slave did to me,” he burned with anger.
- 1 Kings 22:18Then the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “Did I not tell you that he never prophesies good for me, but only bad?”
- 2 Chronicles 18:18Micaiah continued, “Therefore hear the word of the LORD: I saw the LORD sitting on His throne, and all the host of heaven standing on His right and on His left.
- Psalms 81:11But My people would not listen to Me, and Israel would not obey Me.
- Psalms 109:17The cursing that he loved, may it fall on him; the blessing in which he refused to delight, may it be far from him.
- Isaiah 6:9And He replied: “Go and tell this people, ‘Be ever hearing, but never understanding; be ever seeing, but never perceiving.’
- Isaiah 29:9Stop and be astonished; blind yourselves and be sightless; be drunk, but not with wine; stagger, but not from strong drink.
- Isaiah 44:20He 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?”
- Isaiah 66:4So I will choose their punishment and I will bring terror upon them, because I called and no one answered, I spoke and no one listened. But they did evil in My sight and chose that in which I did not delight.”
- Jeremiah 27:10For they prophesy to you a lie that will serve to remove you from your land; I will banish you and you will perish.
- Ezekiel 14:9But if the prophet is enticed to speak a message, then it was I the LORD who enticed him, and I will stretch out My hand against him and destroy him from among My people Israel.
- Ezekiel 21:29while they offer false visions for you and lying divinations about you— to be placed on the necks of the wicked who are slain, whose day has come, the time of their final punishment.
- Matthew 24:5For many will come in My name, claiming, ‘I am the Christ,’ and will deceive many.
- Matthew 24:11and many false prophets will arise and mislead many.
- John 12:39For this reason they were unable to believe. For again, Isaiah says:
- Romans 1:21For although they knew God, they neither glorified Him as God nor gave thanks to Him, but they became futile in their thinking and darkened in their foolish hearts.
- Romans 1:28Furthermore, 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 2:3For our appeal does not arise from deceit or ulterior motives or trickery.
- 1 Timothy 4:1Now the Spirit expressly states that in later times some will abandon the faith to follow deceitful spirits and the teachings of demons,
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