The Lord searches for good people,\par but he rejects {\cf2\super [62]} cruel, evil people.\par
2 Thessalonians 2:12 - Easy To Read Version So all those people who don’t believe the truth will be condemned (judged guilty). They did not believe the truth, and they enjoyed doing evil things. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 that they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition In order that all may be judged and condemned who did not believe in [who refused to adhere to, trust in, and rely on] the Truth, but [instead] took pleasure in unrighteousness. American Standard Version (1901) that they all might be judged who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness. Common English Bible The result will be that everyone will be judged who is not convinced by the truth but is happy with injustice. Catholic Public Domain Version Yet we must always give thanks to God for you, brothers, beloved of God, because God has chosen you as first-fruits for salvation, by the sanctification of the Spirit and by faith in the truth. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But we ought to give thanks to God always for you, brethren, beloved of God, for that God hath chosen you firstfruits unto salvation, in sanctification of the spirit, and faith of the truth: |
The Lord searches for good people,\par but he rejects {\cf2\super [62]} cruel, evil people.\par
Their evil makes their king happy.\par Their false gods please their leaders.\par
But you hate good and love evil!\par You tear the skin off the people.\par You tear the flesh off their bones!\par
The leading priests were very happy about this. They promised to pay Judas for doing this. So Judas waited for the best time to give Jesus to them.
Any person that believes and is baptized {\cf2\super [241]} will be saved. But the person that does not believe will be judged guilty.
The person that believes in the Son has life forever. But the person that does not obey the Son will never have that life. God’s anger stays with that person.”
Those people know God’s law. They know God’s law says that people who live like that should die. But they continue to do those wrong things. And they say that people who do those things are doing right.
Your love must be real. Hate the things that are evil. Do only the things that are good.
But other people are selfish and refuse to follow truth. Those people follow evil. God will give those people his punishment and anger.
I will punish them for the bad things they did. But I am saving that punishment for when they slip and do bad things. Their time of trouble is near. Their punishment will come quickly.’
God did not choose us to suffer his anger. God chose us to have salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ.
The Man of Evil will use every kind of evil to trick those people who are lost. Those people are lost because they refused to love the truth. (If they loved the truth, they would be saved.)
Those false teachers only want your money. So they will use you by telling you things that are not true. But the judgment against those false teachers has been ready for a long time. And they will not escape the One (God) who will destroy them.