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2 Thessalonians 2:12

2 Thessalonians 2:12 (WEB)

that they all might be judged who didn’t believe the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.

Catechism · 2

  • §673Article 7 · "From Thence He Will Come Agaln to Judge the Living and the Dead"Read at vatican.va

    “This eschatological coming could be accomplished at any moment, even if both it and the final trial that will precede it are "delayed".” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Mt 24:44; I Th 5:2; 2 Th 2:3-12.

  • §675Article 7 · "From Thence He Will Come Agaln to Judge the Living and the Dead"Read at vatican.va

    “…supreme religious deception is that of the Antichrist, a pseudo-messianism by which man glorifies himself in place of God and of his Messiah come in the flesh.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. 2 Th 2:4-12; I Th 5:2-3; 2 Jn 7; I Jn 2:1 8, 22.

Fathers and councils · 8

Origen

  • “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.”” — editor's note: 2 Thess. ii. 10–12.

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  • “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.”” — editor's note: 2 Thess. ii. 1–12.

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Irenaeus of Lyons

  • “And for this reason the apostle says: “Because they received not the love of God, that they might be saved, therefore God shall also send them the operation of error, that they may believe a lie, that they all may be judged who have not believed the truth, but consented to unrighteousness.”” — editor's note: 2 Thess. ii. 10–12.

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John Damascene

Cyril of Jerusalem

  • “The Apostle warns thee, and says beforehand, And for this cause God shall send them a working of error; (send, that is, shall allow to happen;) not that they might make excuse, but that they might be condemned.” — editor's note: 2 Thess. ii. 11, 12: (R.V.) That they all might be judged. Cyril has κατακριθῶσι

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Cyprian of Carthage

John Chrysostom

Tertullian

  • ““Because,” he says, “they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved; for which cause God shall send them an instinct of delusion (to believe a lie), that they all might be judged who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.”” — editor's note: 2 Thess. ii. 10–12.

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