And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:
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Gill's Exposition
And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion,.... Or "efficacy of error", which God may be said to send; and the Alexandrian copy reads, "does send"; because it is not a bare permission but…
Barnes' Notes
And for this cause - Because they choose error, or their hearts love that more than they do truth. The original reason then of their embracing and adhering to the system was not an arbitrary decree on…
Adam Clarke
God shall send them strong delusion - For this very cause, that they would not receive the love of the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness, therefore God permits strong delusion to occupy their…
In these words the apostle confutes the error against which he had cautioned them, and gives the reasons why they should not expect the coming of Christ as just at hand. There were several events…
Cambridge Bible
And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion Rather sents to them, the present standing for the future by anticipation of the predicted certainty; or better explained as the statement of a…
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