2Th 2:12
That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
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Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them. {have...: or, consent with}
Because the carnal mind {is} enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be. {the carnal...: Gr. the minding of the flesh}
He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.
But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath,
The LORD trieth the righteous: but the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth.
He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.
For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ,
And shall receive the reward of unrighteousness, {as} they that count it pleasure to riot in the day time. Spots {they are} and blemishes, sporting themselves with their own deceivings while they feast with you;
They make the king glad with their wickedness, and the princes with their lies.
And when they heard {it}, they were glad, and promised to give him money. And he sought how he might conveniently betray him.
{Let} love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.
For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ.
And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.
Thou lovest evil more than good; {and} lying rather than to speak righteousness. Selah.
Who hate the good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones;
To me {belongeth} vengeance, and recompence; their foot shall slide in {due} time: for the day of their calamity {is} at hand, and the things that shall come upon them make haste.
But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare my statutes, or {that} thou shouldest take my covenant in thy mouth?
Beloved, follow not that which is evil, but that which is good. He that doeth good is of God: but he that doeth evil hath not seen God.
And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not.
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; {in the truth: or, with 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.
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.
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}? {maketh...: Gr. distinguisheth thee}
But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition; but of them that believe to the saving of the soul.
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:
When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth {it} not, then cometh the wicked {one}, and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart. This is he which received seed by the way side.
Whose end {is} destruction, whose God {is their} belly, and {whose} glory {is} in their shame, who mind earthly things.)
Neither yield ye your members {as} instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members {as} instruments of righteousness unto God. {instruments: Gr. arms, or, weapons}
So we see that they could not enter in because of unbelief.
For unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto them: but the word preached did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in them that heard {it}. {the word...: Gr. the word of hearing} {not being...: or, because they were not united by faith to}