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Because of this, God sends them a working of error, that they should believe a lie;
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A Consequence, Not a Cause
Commentators unanimously agree that God sending a "strong delusion" is a judicial act, not an arbitrary trap. It happens "for this cause"—because people first "received not the love of the truth" (v. 10). Scholars explain this as God giving people over to the error they have already deliberately chosen, a righteous judgment for their prior rejection of Him.
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2 Thessalonians
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18th Century
Presbyterian
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…
And for this reason God sendeth them (κα δια τουτο πεμπε αυτοις ο θεος). Futuristic (prophetic) present of the time when the lawle…
19th Century
Anglican
And for this cause — that is, because they did not care whether things were true or not. This verse is not a mere repetition of [R…
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Baptist
And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: that they all might be damned who believed not the trut…
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…
16th Century
Protestant
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…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
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…
13th Century
Catholic
1. Having described those whom the Antichrist has power to deceive—namely, those foreknown to suffer damnation—the Apostle now gives the rea…
