Robertson Word Pictures - 2 Thessalonians 2:11

Robertson Word Pictures - 2 Thessalonians 2:11 - 2:11

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Robertson Word Pictures - 2 Thessalonians 2:11 - 2:11

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And for this reason God sendeth them (kai dia touto pempei autois ho theos). Futuristic (prophetic) present of the time when the lawless one is revealed. Here is the definite judicial act of God (Milligan) who gives the wicked over to the evil which they have deliberately chosen (Rom 1:24, Rom 1:26, Rom 1:28).

A working of error (energeian planēs). Terrible result of wilful rejection of the truth of God.

That they should believe a lie (eis to pisteusai autous tōi pseudei). Note eis to again and tōi pseudei (the lie, the falsehood already described), a contemplated result. Note Rom 1:25 “who changed the truth of God into the lie.”