2 Thessalonians 2:10

New International Reader's Version

So people who are dying will be fooled by this evil. These people are dying because they refuse to love the truth. The truth would save them.

Cross References

Proverbs 1:7

If you really want to gain knowledge, you must begin by having respect for the Lord. But foolish people hate wisdom and instruction.

Proverbs 8:17

I love those who love me. Those who look for me find me.

Matthew 13:11

He replied, “Because you have been given the knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of heaven. It has not been given to outsiders.

John 3:17

God did not send his Son into the world to judge the world. He sent his Son to save the world through him.

John 5:34

I do not accept what a person says. I only talk about what John says so that you can be saved.

Romans 10:1

Brothers and sisters, with all my heart I long for the people of Israel to be saved. I pray to God for them.

Romans 16:18

People like that are not serving Christ our Lord. They are serving only themselves. With smooth talk and with words they don’t mean they fool people who don’t know any better.

Romans 6:17

You used to be slaves of sin. But thank God that with your whole heart you obeyed the teachings you were given!

1 Corinthians 1:18

The message of the cross seems foolish to those who are lost and dying. But it is God’s power to us who are being saved.

1 Corinthians 16:22

If anyone does not love the Lord, let a curse be on that person! Come, Lord!

2 Corinthians 11:13

People like that are false apostles. They are workers who tell lies. They only pretend to be apostles of Christ.

2 Corinthians 11:15

So it doesn’t surprise us that Satan’s servants also pretend to be serving God. They will finally get exactly what they deserve.

2 Corinthians 2:15

God considers us to be the pleasing smell that Christ is spreading. He is spreading it among people who are being saved and people who are dying.

2 Corinthians 2:17

Unlike many people, we aren’t selling God’s word to make money. In fact, it is just the opposite. Because of Christ we speak honestly before God. We speak like people God has sent.

Ephesians 4:14

We will no longer be babies in the faith. We won’t be like ships tossed around by the waves. We won’t be blown here and there by every new teaching. We won’t be blown around by cleverness and tricks. Certain people use them to hide their evil plans.

1 Thessalonians 2:16

They try to keep us from speaking to the Gentiles. These Jews don’t want the Gentiles to be saved. In this way, these Jews always increase their sins to the limit. God’s anger has come on them at last.

2 Thessalonians 2:12

Many will not believe the truth. They will take pleasure in evil. They will be judged.

2 Thessalonians 2:13

Brothers and sisters, we should always thank God for you. The Lord loves you. That’s because God chose you as the first to be saved. Salvation comes through the Holy Spirit’s work. He makes people holy. It also comes through believing the truth.

1 Timothy 2:4

He wants all people to be saved. He wants them to come to know the truth.

Hebrews 3:13

But build one another up every day. Do it as long as there is still time. Then none of you will become stubborn. You won’t be fooled by sin’s tricks.

2 Peter 2:12

These people speak evil about things they don’t understand. They are like wild animals who can’t think. Instead, they do what comes naturally to them. They are born only to be caught and destroyed. Just like animals, these people too will die.

2 Peter 2:18

They speak empty, bragging words. They make their appeal to the evil desires that come from sin’s power. They tempt new believers who are just escaping from the company of sinful people.