The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and discipline.
2 Thessalonians 2:10 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised and with every wicked deception among those who are perishing. They perish because they did not accept the love of the truth and so be saved. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 and with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And by unlimited seduction to evil and with all wicked deception for those who are perishing (going to perdition) because they did not welcome the Truth but refused to love it that they might be saved. American Standard Version (1901) and with all deceit of unrighteousness for them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. Common English Bible It will happen with every sort of wicked deception of those who are heading toward destruction because they have refused to love the truth that would allow them to be saved. Catholic Public Domain Version and with every seduction of iniquity, toward those who are perishing because they have not accepted the love of truth, so that they may be saved. For this reason, God will send to them works of deception, so that they may believe in lies, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And in all seduction of iniquity to them that perish; because they receive not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. Therefore God shall send them the operation of error, to believe lying: |
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and discipline.
He answered, ‘Because the secrets of the kingdom of heaven have been given for you to know, but it has not been given to them.
For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.
I don’t receive human testimony, but I say these things so that you may be saved.
Brothers and sisters, my heart’s desire and prayer to God concerning them is for their salvation.
because such people do not serve our Lord Christ but their own appetites. , They deceive the hearts of the unsuspecting with smooth talk and flattering words.
But thank God that, although you used to be slaves of sin, you obeyed from the heart that pattern of teaching to which you were handed over,
For the word of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but it is the power of God to us who are being saved.
For such people are false apostles, deceitful workers, disguising themselves as apostles of Christ.
So it is no great surprise if his servants also disguise themselves as servants of righteousness. Their end will be according to their works.
For to God we are the fragrance of Christ among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing.
For we do not market the word of God for profit like so many. On the contrary, we speak with sincerity in Christ, as from God and before God.
Then we will no longer be little children, tossed by the waves and blown around by every wind of teaching, by human cunning with cleverness in the techniques of deceit.
by keeping us from speaking to the Gentiles so that they may be saved. As a result, they are constantly filling up their sins to the limit, and wrath has overtaken them at last.
so that all will be condemned #– #those who did not believe the truth but delighted in unrighteousness.
But we ought to thank God always for you, brothers and sisters loved by the Lord, because from the beginning God has chosen you for salvation through sanctification by the Spirit and through belief in the truth.
who wants everyone to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.
But encourage each other daily, while it is still called today, so that none of you is hardened by sin’s deception.
But these people, like irrational animals #– #creatures of instinct born to be caught and destroyed #– #slander what they do not understand, and in their destruction they too will be destroyed.
For by uttering boastful, empty words, they seduce, with fleshly desires and debauchery, people who have barely escaped from those who live in error.