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. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Therefore God sends upon them a misleading influence, a working of error and a strong delusion to make them believe what is false, American Standard Version (1901) And for this cause God sendeth them a working of error, that they should believe a lie: Common English Bible This is why God will send them an influence that will mislead them so that they will believe the lie. Catholic Public Domain Version in order that all those who have not believed in the truth, but who have consented to iniquity, may be judged. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version That all may be judged who have not believed the truth, but have consented to iniquity. |
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
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.”
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
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.
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!”
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.
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
Many false prophets {\cf2\super [367]} will come. They will cause many people to believe wrong things.
Many people will come and use my name. They will say, ‘I am the Christ. {\cf2\super [366]} ’ And they will fool many people.
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.
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.
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]}
People will stop listening to the truth. They will begin to follow the teaching in false stories.