2 Thessalonians 2:11

The Man Of Lawlessness Will Be Revealed

¹⁰ and with every unrighteous deception among those who are perishing. They perish because they did not accept the love of the truth in order to be saved. ¹¹ For this reason God sends them a strong delusion so that they will believe what is false, ¹² so that all will be condemned—those who did not believe the truth but enjoyed unrighteousness.

For This Cause

That They May Believe

O God

Romans 1:28

And because they did not think it worthwhile to acknowledge God, God delivered them over to a worthless mind to do what is morally wrong.

Ezekiel 14:9

“But if the prophet is deceived and speaks a message, it was I, Yahweh, who deceived that prophet. I will stretch out My hand against him and destroy him from among My people Israel.

1 Kings 22:18-22

So the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “Didn’t I tell you he never prophesies good about me, but only disaster?”

2 Chronicles 18:18-22

Then Micaiah said, “Therefore, hear the word of the Lord. I saw the Lord sitting on His throne, and the whole heavenly host was standing at His right hand and at His left hand.

Psalm 81:11-12

“But My people did not listen to Me;
Israel did not obey Me.

Psalm 109:17

He loved cursing—let it fall on him;
he took no delight in blessing—let it be far from him.

Isaiah 6:9-10

And He replied:

Go! Say to these people:
Keep listening, but do not understand;
keep looking, but do not perceive.

Isaiah 29:9-14

Stop and be astonished;
blind yourselves and be blind!
They are drunk, but not with wine;
they stagger, but not with beer.

Isaiah 44:20

He feeds on ashes.
His deceived mind has led him astray,
and he cannot deliver himself,
or say, “Isn’t there a lie in my right hand?”

Isaiah 66:4

So I will choose their punishment,
and I will bring on them what they dread
because I called and no one answered;
I spoke and they didn’t hear;
they did what was evil in My sight
and chose what I didn’t delight in.

Jeremiah 27:10

for they prophesy a lie to you so that you will be removed from your land. I will banish you, and you will perish.

Ezekiel 21:29

While they offer false visions
and lying divinations about you,
the time has come to put you
to the necks of the profane wicked ones;
the day has come
for your punishment.

Matthew 24:5

For many will come in My name, saying, ‘I am the Messiah,’ and they will deceive many.

Matthew 24:11

Many false prophets will rise up and deceive many.

John 12:39-43

This is why they were unable to believe, because Isaiah also said:

Romans 1:21-25

For though they knew God, they did not glorify Him as God or show gratitude. Instead, their thinking became nonsense, and their senseless minds were darkened.

1 Thessalonians 2:3

For our exhortation didn’t come from error or impurity or an intent to deceive.

1 Timothy 4:1

Now the Spirit explicitly says that in later times some will depart from the faith, paying attention to deceitful spirits and the teachings of demons,