2 Thessalonians 2:11

2:11 Consequently ¹  God sends on them a deluding influence ²  so that they will believe what is false.

2 Thessalonians 2:17

2:17 encourage your hearts and strengthen you ³  in every good thing you do or say. ⁴ 

2 Thessalonians 3:15

3:15 Yet do not regard him as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother. ⁵ 

2 Thessalonians 2:10

2:10 and with every kind of evil deception directed against ⁶  those who are perishing, because they found no place in their hearts for the truth ⁷  so as to be saved.

2 Thessalonians 3:12

3:12 Now such people we command and urge in the Lord Jesus Christ to work quietly and so provide their own food to eat. ⁸ 

2 Thessalonians 3:14

3:14 But if anyone does not obey our message through this letter, take note of him and do not associate closely with him, so that he may be ashamed.

2 Thessalonians 1:6

1:6 For it is right ⁹  for God to repay with affliction those who afflict you,

2 Thessalonians 2:9

2:9 The arrival of the lawless one ¹⁰  will be by Satan’s working with all kinds of miracles ¹¹  and signs and false wonders,

2 Thessalonians 2:12

2:12 And so ¹²  all of them who have not believed the truth but have delighted in evil will be condemned. ¹³ 

2 Thessalonians 1:8

1:8 With flaming fire he will mete out ¹⁴  punishment on those who do not know God ¹⁵  and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.

2 Thessalonians 1:10

1:10 when he comes to be glorified among his saints and admired ¹⁶  on that day among all who have believed – and you did in fact believe our testimony. ¹⁷ 

2 Thessalonians 2:2

2:2 not to be easily ¹⁸  shaken from your composure or disturbed by any kind of spirit or message or letter allegedly from us, ¹⁹  to the effect that the day of the Lord is already here.

[2:11]  ¹ tn Grk “and for this reason.”

[2:11]  ² tn Grk “a working of error.”

[2:17]  ³ tn Grk simply “strengthen,” with the object understood from the preceding.

[2:17]  ⁴ tn Grk “every good work and word.”

[3:15]  ⁵ tn That is, as a fellow believer.

[2:10]  ⁷ tn Grk “deception for/toward.”

[2:10]  ⁸ tn Grk “they did not accept the love of the truth.”

[3:12]  ⁹ tn Grk “that by working quietly they may eat their own bread.”

[1:6]  ¹¹ tn Grk “if in fact/since,” as a continuation of the preceding.

[2:9]  ¹³ tn Grk “whose coming,” referring to the lawless one. Because of the length and complexity of the Greek construction, a new sentence was started here in the translation.

[2:9]  ¹⁴ tn Grk “every miracle.”

[2:12]  ¹⁵ tn Grk “that.” A new sentence was started here in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[2:12]  ¹⁶ tn Grk “be judged,” but in this context the term clearly refers to a judgment of condemnation (BDAG 568 s.v. κρίνω 5.b.α; cf. KJV “that they all might be damned”). CEV views the condemnation as punishment (“will be punished”).

[1:8]  ¹⁷ tn Grk “meting out,” as a description of Jesus Christ in v. 7. Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started at the beginning of v. 8 in the translation.

[1:8]  ¹⁸ sn An allusion to Jer 10:25, possibly also to Ps 79:6 and Isa 66:15.

[1:10]  ¹⁹ tn Or “marveled at.”

[1:10]  ²⁰ tn Grk “because our testimony to you was believed.”

[2:2]  ²¹ tn Or “quickly, soon.”

[2:2]  ²² tn Grk “as through us.”