2 Thessalonians 2:9

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“The coming of the lawless one will be accompanied by the working of Satan, with every kind of power, sign, and false wonder,”

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BSBPD

“The coming of the lawless one will be accompanied by the working of Satan, with every kind of power, sign, and false wonder,”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“even he, whose coming is according to the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“<FI> him,<Fi> whose presence is according to the working of the Adversary, in all power, and signs, and lying wonders,”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo 2 Thessalonians 2:9 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Exodus 7:22But the magicians of Egypt did the same things by their magic arts. So Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he would not listen to Moses and Aaron, just as the LORD had said.
  2. Exodus 8:7But the magicians did the same thing by their magic arts, and they also brought frogs up onto the land of Egypt.
  3. Exodus 8:18The magicians tried to produce gnats using their magic arts, but they could not. And the gnats remained on man and beast.
  4. Deuteronomy 13:1If a prophet or dreamer of dreams arises among you and proclaims a sign or wonder to you,
  5. Ezekiel 14:5so that I may take hold of the hearts of the people of Israel. For because of their idols, they are all estranged from Me.’
  6. Matthew 24:24For false Christs and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and wonders that would deceive even the elect, if that were possible.
  7. Mark 13:22For false Christs and false prophets will appear and perform signs and wonders that would deceive even the elect, if that were possible.
  8. Luke 11:25On its return, it finds the house swept clean and put in order.
  9. John 4:48Jesus said to him, “Unless you people see signs and wonders, you will never believe.”
  10. John 8:41You are doing the works of your father.” “We are not illegitimate children,” they declared. “Our only Father is God Himself.”
  11. John 8:44You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out his desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, refusing to uphold the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, because he is a liar and the father of lies.
  12. Acts 8:9Prior to that time, a man named Simon had practiced sorcery in the city and astounded the people of Samaria. He claimed to be someone great,
  13. Acts 13:10and said, “O child of the devil and enemy of all righteousness, you are full of all kinds of deceit and trickery! Will you never stop perverting the straight ways of the Lord?
  14. 2 Corinthians 4:4The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers so they cannot see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.
  15. 2 Corinthians 11:3I am afraid, however, that just as Eve was deceived by the serpent’s cunning, your minds may be led astray from your simple and pure devotion to Christ.
  16. 2 Corinthians 11:14And no wonder, for Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light.
  17. Ephesians 2:2in which you used to walk when you conformed to the ways of this world and of the ruler of the power of the air, the spirit who is now at work in the sons of disobedience.
  18. 2 Timothy 3:8Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so also these men oppose the truth. They are depraved in mind and disqualified from the faith.
  19. Revelation 9:11They were ruled by a king, the angel of the Abyss. His name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in Greek it is Apollyon.
  20. Revelation 12:9And the great dragon was hurled down—that ancient serpent called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world. He was hurled to the earth, and his angels with him.
  21. Revelation 12:17And the dragon was enraged at the woman, and went to make war with the rest of her children, who keep the commandments of God and hold to the testimony of Jesus. And the dragon stood on the shore of the sea.
  22. Revelation 13:11Then I saw another beast rising out of the earth. This beast had two horns like a lamb, but spoke like a dragon.
  23. Revelation 18:23The light of a lamp will never shine in you again, and the voices of a bride and bridegroom will never call out in you again. For your merchants were the great ones of the earth, because all the nations were deceived by your sorcery.”
  24. Revelation 19:20But the beast was captured along with the false prophet, who on its behalf had performed signs deceiving those who had the mark of the beast and worshiped its image. Both the beast and the false prophet were thrown alive into the fiery lake of burning sulfur.

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