2 THESSALONIANS 2:10 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“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 with all wicked deception for those who are perishing, because they refused to love the truth and so be saved — the deception (apatē) targets those already 'perishing' (apollymi); they have 'refused' (ouk dechesthai) the truth. Rejection of truth seals their fate. Love of truth is salvific.
Church Fathers on 2 Thessalonians 2:10
Why then, you say, did God permit this to be? And what dispensation is this? And what is the advantage of his coming, if it takes place for the ruin of our race? Fear not, beloved, but hear Him saying, “In them that are perishing,” he has strength, who, even if he had not come, would not have believed. What then is the advantage? That these very men who are perishing will be put to silence. How? Because both if he had come, and if he had not come, they would not have believed…
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