2 Thessalonians 2:10

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Lost people will be fooled by his evil deeds. They could be saved, but they will refuse to love the truth and accept it.

Cross References

Proverbs 1:7

Respect and obey the LORD! This is the beginning of knowledge. Only a fool rejects wisdom and good advice.

Proverbs 8:17

I love everyone who loves me, and I will be found by all who honestly search.

Matthew 13:11

Jesus answered: I have explained the secrets about the kingdom of heaven to you, but not to others.

John 3:17

God did not send his Son into the world to condemn its people. He sent him to save them!

John 5:34

I don't depend on what people say about me, but I tell you these things so that you may be saved.

Romans 10:1

Dear friends, my greatest wish and my prayer to God is for the people of Israel to be saved.

Romans 16:18

They want to serve themselves and not Christ the Lord. Their flattery and fancy talk fool people who don't know any better.

Romans 6:17

You used to be slaves of sin. But I thank God that with all your heart you obeyed the teaching you received from me.

1 Corinthians 1:18

The message about the cross doesn't make any sense to lost people. But for those of us who are being saved, it is God's power at work.

1 Corinthians 16:22

I pray that God will put a curse on everyone who doesn't love the Lord. And may the Lord come soon.

2 Corinthians 11:13

Anyway, they are no more than false apostles and dishonest workers. They only pretend to be apostles of Christ.

2 Corinthians 11:15

So why does it seem strange for Satan's servants to pretend to do what is right? Some day they will get exactly what they deserve.

2 Corinthians 2:15

In fact, God thinks of us as a perfume that brings Christ to everyone. For people who are being saved, this perfume has a sweet smell and leads them to a better life. But for people who are lost, it has a bad smell and leads them to a horrible death. No one really has what it takes to do this work.

2 Corinthians 2:17

A lot of people try to get rich from preaching God's message. But we are God's sincere messengers, and by the power of Christ we speak our message with God as our witness.

Ephesians 4:14

We must stop acting like children. We must not let deceitful people trick us by their false teachings, which are like winds that toss us around from place to place.

1 Thessalonians 2:16

They keep us from speaking his message to the Gentiles and from leading them to be saved. The Jews have always gone too far with their sins. Now God has finally become angry and will punish them.

2 Thessalonians 2:12

All of them will be punished, because they would rather do evil than believe the truth.

2 Thessalonians 2:13

My friends, the Lord loves you, and it is only natural for us to thank God for you. God chose you to be the first ones to be saved. His Spirit made you holy, and you put your faith in the truth.

1 Timothy 2:4

God wants everyone to be saved and to know the whole truth, which is,

Hebrews 3:13

You must encourage one another each day. And you must keep on while there is still a time that can be called “today”. If you don't, then sin may fool some of you and make you stubborn.

2 Peter 2:12

These people are no better than senseless animals that live by their feelings and are born to be caught and killed. They speak evil of things they don't know anything about. But their own corrupt deeds will destroy them.

2 Peter 2:18

They boast out loud about their stupid nonsense. And by being vulgar and crude, they trap people who have barely escaped from living the wrong kind of life.