2 Thessalonians 2:10

Through every kind of wicked deception he leads astray those who are perishing because they refused to love the truth that would have saved them. People fall not by ignorance alone but by rejecting the saving truth.

Cross-references · 27

• 1 Cor 1:18For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.
• Prov 1:7The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and discipline.
• 2 Cor 4:2–3Instead, we have renounced secret and shameful ways. We do not practice deceit, nor do we distort the word of God. On the contrary, by open proclamation of the truth, we commend ourselves to every man’s conscience in the sight of God.
• 2 Pet 2:12These men are like irrational animals, creatures of instinct, born to be captured and destroyed. They blaspheme in matters they do not understand, and like such creatures, they too will be destroyed.
• John 8:45–47But because I speak the truth, you do not believe Me!
• Rom 16:18For such people are not serving our Lord Christ, but their own appetites. By smooth talk and flattery they deceive the hearts of the naive.
• 1 Cor 16:22If anyone does not love the Lord, let him be under a curse. Come, O Lord!
• Eph 4:14Then we will no longer be infants, tossed about by the waves and carried around by every wind of teaching and by the clever cunning of men in their deceitful scheming.
• Prov 8:17I love those who love me, and those who seek me early shall find me.
• 2 Cor 11:15It is not surprising, then, if his servants masquerade as servants of righteousness. Their end will correspond to their actions.
• 2 Cor 2:17For we are not like so many others, who peddle the word of God for profit. On the contrary, in Christ we speak before God with sincerity, as men sent from God.
• Rom 2:7–8To those who by perseverance in doing good seek glory, honor, and immortality, He will give eternal life.
• Prov 2:1–6My son, if you accept my words and hide my commandments within you,
• Prov 4:5–6Get wisdom, get understanding; do not forget my words or turn from them.
• 2 Cor 2:15For we are to God the sweet aroma of Christ among those who are being saved and those who are perishing.
• 1 Tim 2:4who wants everyone to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.
• John 5:34Even though I do not accept human testimony, I say these things so that you may be saved.
• John 3:19–21And this is the verdict: The Light has come into the world, but men loved the darkness rather than the Light because their deeds were evil.
• John 3:17For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him.
• Rom 10:1Brothers, my heart’s desire and prayer to God for the Israelites is for their salvation.
• Matt 13:11He replied, “The knowledge of the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven has been given to you, but not to them.
• Heb 3:13But exhort one another daily, as long as it is called today, so that none of you may be hardened by sin’s deceitfulness.
• 2 Pet 2:18With lofty but empty words, they appeal to the sensual passions of the flesh and entice those who are just escaping from others who live in error.
• 2 Cor 11:13For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, masquerading as apostles of Christ.
• Rom 6:17But thanks be to God that, though you once were slaves to sin, you wholeheartedly obeyed the form of teaching to which you were committed.
• Jas 1:16–18Do not be deceived, my beloved brothers.
• 1 Th 2:16hindering us from telling the Gentiles how they may be saved. As a result, they continue to heap up their sins to full capacity; the utmost wrath has come upon them.

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