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18 They do not (A)know, nor do they understand, for He has (B)smeared over their eyes so that they cannot see and their hearts so that they will have no insight.

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whose [a]coming is in accord with the working of (A)Satan, with all power and [b](B)signs and false wonders, 10 and with [c]all the deception of unrighteousness for (C)those who perish, because they did not receive the love of (D)the truth so as to be saved. 11 And for this reason (E)God sends upon them a [d](F)deluding influence so that they will believe [e]what is false, 12 in order that they all may be [f]judged who (G)did not believe the truth, but [g](H)took pleasure in unrighteousness.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Thessalonians 2:9 Or presence
  2. 2 Thessalonians 2:9 Or attesting miracles
  3. 2 Thessalonians 2:10 Or every deception
  4. 2 Thessalonians 2:11 Lit work of delusion, cf. 2:7, 9
  5. 2 Thessalonians 2:11 Or the lie
  6. 2 Thessalonians 2:12 Or condemned
  7. 2 Thessalonians 2:12 Or approved