2 Thessalonians 2:11

Easy To Read Version

But those people refused to love the truth, so God sends them something powerful that leads them away from the truth. God sends them that power so that they will believe something that is not true.

Cross References

Genesis 39:19

Joseph’s master heard what his wife said. And he became very angry.

Psalm 109:17

That evil man loved to ask for bad things\par to happen to other people.\par So let those bad things happen to him.\par That evil man never asked for good things\par to happen to people.\par So don’t let good things happen to him.\par

Isaiah 44:20

That man does not know what he is doing. He is confused, so his heart leads him the wrong way. That man can’t save himself. And he can’t see that he is doing wrong. That man will not say, “This statue I am holding is a false god.”

Isaiah 66:4

So I decided to use their own tricks!\par \{I mean that\} I will punish them\par using the things they are most afraid of.\par I called to those people,\par but they did not listen.\par I spoke to them,\par but they did not hear me.\par So I will do the same thing to them.\par Those people did things I said are evil.\par They chose to do things I did not like.”\par

Jeremiah 27:10

But those people are telling you lies. They will only cause you to be taken far from your homeland. I will force you to leave your homes. And you will die in another land.

Jeremiah 4:10

Then I, Jeremiah, said, “Lord my Master, you have really tricked the people of Judah and Jerusalem. You said to them, ‘You will have peace.’ But now the sword is pointing at their throats!”

Ezekiel 14:9

And if a prophet is foolish enough to give his own answer, then I will show him how foolish he is! I will use my power against him. I will destroy him and remove him from among my people, Israel.

Ezekiel 21:29

Your visions {\cf2\super [166]} are useless.\par Your magic won’t help you.\par It is only a bunch of lies.\par The sword is now at the throats of evil men.\par They will soon be only dead bodies.\par Their time has come.\par The time has come for their evil to end.\par

Matthew 24:11

Many false prophets {\cf2\super [367]} will come. They will cause many people to believe wrong things.

Matthew 24:5

Many people will come and use my name. They will say, ‘I am the Christ. {\cf2\super [366]} ’ And they will fool many people.

Romans 1:28

People did not think it was important to have a true knowledge of God. So God left them and allowed those people to have their own worthless thinking. And so those people do the things that they should not do.

1 Thessalonians 2:3

We encourage (teach) people. No person has fooled us. We are not evil. We are not trying to trick people. Those are not our reasons for doing what we do.

1 Timothy 4:1

The Holy Spirit {\cf2\super [16]} clearly says that in the later times some people will stop believing the \{true\} faith (teaching). Those people will obey spirits that tell lies. And those people will follow the teachings of demons. {\cf2\super [17]}

2 Timothy 4:4

People will stop listening to the truth. They will begin to follow the teaching in false stories.