11 And therefore God shall send them [a]strong delusion, that they should believe lies,

12 That all they might be damned which believed not the truth, but [b]had pleasure in unrighteousness.

13 [c]But we ought to give thanks always to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because that God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation, through [d]sanctification of the Spirit, and the [e]faith of truth,

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Thessalonians 2:11 A most mighty working to deceive them.
  2. 2 Thessalonians 2:12 They liked lies so well, that they had pleasure in them which is the greatest madness that may be.
  3. 2 Thessalonians 2:13 The elect shall stand steadfast and safe from all these mischiefs. Now election is known by these testimonies: Faith is gathered by sanctification: faith, by that that we accord unto the truth: truth by calling through the preaching of the Gospel: from whence we come at length to a certain hope of glorification.
  4. 2 Thessalonians 2:13 To sanctify you.
  5. 2 Thessalonians 2:13 Faith which layeth hold not upon lies, but upon the truth of God, which is the Gospel.

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