And for this reason God sendeth them (κα δια τουτο πεμπε αυτοις ο θεος). Futuristic (prophetic) present of the time when the lawle…

And for this cause. Because they chose error, or their hearts love that more than they love truth. The original reason, then, for their em…

EXCURSUS ON THE INTERPRETATION OF THE PROPHECY, 2 Thessalonians 2:3–12

To deal fairly with this difficult passa…

And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his …

By covering again the same ground in vv.11–12 as in vv.9–10, Paul reemphasizes the fate of rejecters of the truth and adds more information about t…

The working of delusion. He means that errors will not merely have a place, but the wicked will be blinded, so that they will rush forward…

And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion ,
&c.] Or "efficacy of error", which God may be said to send;…

Something hindered or withheld the man of sin. It is supposed to be the power of the Roman Empire, which the apostle did not mention more plainly a…

1. Having described those whom the Antichrist has power to deceive—namely, those foreknown to suffer damnation—the Apostle now gives the rea…