2 Thessalonians 2:12
“That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.”
And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:
That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
But we are bound to give thanks alway to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth:
Whereunto he called you by our gospel, to the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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Cross-References
“He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.”
“Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth;”
“And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.”
“For who maketh thee to differ from another? and what hast thou that thou didst not receive? now if thou didst receive it, why dost thou glory, as if thou hadst not received it?”
“Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.”