2 Thessalonians 2:12
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“in order that judgment may come upon all who have disbelieved the truth and delighted in wickedness.”
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“in order that judgment may come upon all who have disbelieved the truth and delighted in wickedness.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.”
King James Version · Public Domain“that they all might be judged who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“that they may be judged--all who did not believe the truth, but were well pleased in the unrighteousness.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo 2 Thessalonians 2:12 — 19 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Deuteronomy 32:35Vengeance is Mine; I will repay. In due time their foot will slip; for their day of disaster is near, and their doom is coming quickly.”
- Psalms 11:5The LORD tests the righteous and the wicked; His soul hates the lover of violence.
- Psalms 50:16To the wicked, however, God says, “What right have you to recite My statutes and to bear My covenant on your lips?
- Psalms 52:3You love evil more than good, falsehood more than speaking truth. Selah
- Hosea 7:3They delight the king with their evil, and the princes with their lies.
- Micah 3:2You hate good and love evil. You tear the skin from my people and strip the flesh from their bones.
- Mark 14:11They were delighted to hear this, and they promised to give him money. So Judas began to look for an opportunity to betray Jesus.
- Mark 16:16Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.
- John 3:19And this is the verdict: The Light has come into the world, but men loved the darkness rather than the Light because their deeds were evil.
- John 3:36Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life. Whoever rejects the Son will not see life. Instead, the wrath of God remains on him.”
- Romans 1:32Although 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 2:8But for those who are self-seeking and who reject the truth and follow wickedness, there will be wrath and anger.
- Romans 8:7because the mind of the flesh is hostile to God: It does not submit to God’s law, nor can it do so.
- Romans 12:9Love must be sincere. Detest what is evil; cling to what is good.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:9For God has not appointed us to suffer wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ.
- 2 Peter 2:3In their greed, these false teachers will exploit you with deceptive words. The longstanding verdict against them remains in force, and their destruction does not sleep.
- 2 Peter 2:13The harm they will suffer is the wages of their wickedness. They consider it a pleasure to carouse in broad daylight. They are blots and blemishes, reveling in their deception as they feast with you.
- 3 John 1:11Beloved, do not imitate what is evil, but what is good. The one who does good is of God; the one who does evil has not seen God.
- Jude 1:4For certain men have crept in among you unnoticed—ungodly ones who were designated long ago for condemnation. They turn the grace of our God into a license for immorality, and they deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.
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