2 Thessalonians 2:9

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

When the wicked one appears, Satan will pretend to perform all kinds of miracles, wonders, and signs.

Cross References

2 Chronicles 18:20

then finally a spirit came forward and said to the LORD, “I can trick Ahab.” “How?” the LORD asked.

Exodus 7:22

But the Egyptian magicians used their secret powers to do the same thing. The king did just as the LORD had said—he stubbornly refused to listen.

Exodus 8:18

When the magicians tried to use their secret powers to do this, they failed, and gnats stayed on people and animals.

Exodus 8:7

But the magicians used their secret powers to do the same thing.

Isaiah 29:10

The LORD has made you drowsy; he put you into a deep sleep and covered your head.

Ezekiel 14:5

When they hear my message, perhaps they will see that they need to turn back to me and stop worshipping those idols.

Matthew 12:22

Some people brought to Jesus a man who was blind and could not talk because he had a demon in him. Jesus healed the man, and then he was able to talk and see.

Matthew 24:24

False messiahs and false prophets will come and perform great miracles and signs. They will even try to fool God's chosen ones.

Matthew 4:10

Jesus answered, “Go away Satan! The Scriptures say: ‘Worship the Lord your God and serve only him.’ ”

Mark 13:22

False messiahs and false prophets will come and perform miracles and signs. They will even try to fool God's chosen ones.

Luke 11:25

When it gets there and finds the place clean and tidy,

John 4:48

Jesus told the official, “You won't have faith unless you see miracles and wonders!”

John 8:41

But you are doing exactly what your father does.” “Don't accuse us of having someone else as our father!” they said. “We just have one father, and he is God.”

John 8:44

Your father is the devil, and you do exactly what he wants. He has always been a murderer and a liar. There is nothing truthful about him. He speaks on his own, and everything he says is a lie. Not only is he a liar himself, but he is also the father of all lies.

Acts 13:10

and said, “You son of the devil! You are a liar, a criminal, and an enemy of everything that is right. When will you stop speaking against the true ways of the Lord?

2 Corinthians 11:14

And it is no wonder. Even Satan tries to make himself look like an angel of light.

2 Corinthians 11:3

But now I fear that you will be tricked, just as Eve was tricked by that lying snake. I am afraid that you might stop thinking about Christ in an honest and sincere way.

2 Corinthians 4:4

The god who rules this world has blinded the minds of unbelievers. They cannot see the light, which is the good news about our glorious Christ, who shows what God is like.

Ephesians 2:2

You followed the ways of this world and obeyed the devil. He rules the world, and his spirit has power over everyone who doesn't obey God.

2 Timothy 3:8

Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, these people are enemies of the truth. Their minds are sick, and their faith isn't real.

James 3:15

That kind of wisdom doesn't come from above. It is earthly and selfish and comes from the devil himself.

Revelation 12:17

This made the dragon terribly angry with the woman. So it started a war against the rest of her children. They are the people who obey God and are faithful to what Jesus did and taught.

Revelation 12:9

and were thrown down to the earth. Yes, that old snake and his angels were thrown out of heaven! That snake, who fools everyone on earth, is known as the devil and Satan.

Revelation 18:23

Lamps will no longer shine anywhere in Babylon, and couples will never again say wedding vows there. Her merchants ruled the earth, and by her witchcraft she fooled all nations.

Revelation 19:20

But the beast was captured and so was the false prophet. This is the same prophet who had performed miracles for the beast, so that he could fool everyone who had the mark of the beast and worshipped the idol. The beast and the false prophet were thrown alive into a lake of burning sulphur.

Revelation 20:10

Then the devil who fooled them will be thrown into the lake of fire and burning sulphur. He will be there with the beast and the false prophet, and they will be in pain day and night for ever and ever.

Revelation 9:11

Their king was the angel in charge of the deep pit. In Hebrew his name was Abaddon, and in Greek it was Apollyon.