2 Thessalonians 2:10

English Standard Version 2016

and with all wicked deception for those who are perishing, because they refused to love the truth and so be saved.

Cross References

1 Corinthians 1:18

For the word of the cross is folly to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.

Proverbs 1:7

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and instruction.

2 Peter 2:12

But these, like irrational animals, creatures of instinct, born to be caught and destroyed, blaspheming about matters of which they are ignorant, will also be destroyed in their destruction,

1 Corinthians 16:22

If anyone has no love for the Lord, let him be accursed. Our Lord, come!

Romans 16:18

For such persons do not serve our Lord Christ, but their own appetites, and by smooth talk and flattery they deceive the hearts of the naive.

2 Corinthians 11:15

So it is no surprise if his servants, also, disguise themselves as servants of righteousness. Their end will correspond to their deeds.

Proverbs 8:17

I love those who love me, and those who seek me diligently find me.

1 Timothy 2:4

who desires all people to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.

Ephesians 4:14

so that we may no longer be children, tossed to and fro by the waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by human cunning, by craftiness in deceitful schemes.

2 Corinthians 2:17

For we are not, like so many, peddlers of God’s word, but as men of sincerity, as commissioned by God, in the sight of God we speak in Christ.

2 Corinthians 2:15

For we are the aroma of Christ to God among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing,

Romans 10:1

Brothers, my heart’s desire and prayer to God for them is that they may be saved.

Romans 6:17

But thanks be to God, that you who were once slaves of sin have become obedient from the heart to the standard of teaching to which you were committed,

John 5:34

Not that the testimony that I receive is from man, but I say these things so that you may be saved.

John 3:17

For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.

2 Peter 2:18

For, speaking loud boasts of folly, they entice by sensual passions of the flesh those who are barely escaping from those who live in error.

Hebrews 3:13

But exhort one another every day, as long as it is called “today,” that none of you may be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin.

1 Thessalonians 2:16

by hindering us from speaking to the Gentiles that they might be saved—so as always to fill up the measure of their sins. But wrath has come upon them at last!

2 Corinthians 11:13

For such men are false apostles, deceitful workmen, disguising themselves as apostles of Christ.

Matthew 13:11

And he answered them, “To you it has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given.

2 Thessalonians 2:12

in order that all may be condemned who did not believe the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness.

2 Thessalonians 2:13

But we ought always to give thanks to God for you, brothers beloved by the Lord, because God chose you as the firstfruits to be saved, through sanctification by the Spirit and belief in the truth.