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2 Thessalonians 2:10

ESV and with all wicked deception for those who are perishing, because they refused to love the truth and so be saved.
NIV and all the ways that wickedness deceives those who are perishing. They perish because they refused to love the truth and so be saved.
NASB and with all the deception of wickedness for those who perish, because they did not accept the love of the truth so as to be saved.
CSB and with every wicked deception among those who are perishing. They perish because they did not accept the love of the truth and so be saved.
NLT He will use every kind of evil deception to fool those on their way to destruction, because they refuse to love and accept the truth that would save them.
KJV And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
NKJV and with all unrighteous deception among those who perish, because they did not receive the love of the truth, that they might be saved.

What does 2 Thessalonians 2:10 mean?

According to Paul, a major figure in the end times is a "man of lawlessness." This figure is credited with impressive satanic powers, which he uses to deceive the world.

Satan has always been a master of deception (John 8:44). In the garden of Eden, he deceived Eve (Genesis 3:1–7), and he has deceived millions since that fateful day. Revelation 12:9 identifies him as "the deceiver of the whole world." In 2 Thessalonians 2:10, we are reminded that Satan's deception works in the hearts and minds of "those who are perishing." Scripture indicates that those who are saved have the presence of the Holy Spirit within them (John 14:16–17; Ephesians 1:13–14), which provides a certain level of spiritual awareness (1 Corinthians 2:14). Those who have rejected Christ do not have this defense (John 3:36). Unbelievers of the tribulation will be totally duped by the false signs and wonders the Devil parades before them. These same lost people had refused to love the truth and be saved (John 3:16–18, 36).

When the gospel reaches a person, he or she has an opportunity to believe and be saved, but "the god of this world [Satan] has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, to keep them from seeing the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ" (2 Corinthians 4:4). Only the grace of God can dispel this blindness (2 Corinthians 4:6; Ephesians 2:8–9).
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