Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Thessalonians 2:11-12
2 Thessalonians 2:11-12. For this cause God shall send them That is, shall judicially permit to come upon them; strong delusion The strong working of error in their hearts. From this we learn that, as a punishment of their sins, God suffers wicked men to fall into greater sins; and as the sin of the persons described in this passage consisted in their not loving the truth, what could be more just or proper than to punish them, by suffering them to fall into the belief of the greatest... read more
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Thessalonians 2:17
Comfort your hearts; - see the notes, 1Th 3:2; 1 Thessalonians 5:11, 1 Thessalonians 5:14. The Thessalonians were in the midst of trials, and Paul prayed that they might have the full consolations of their religion.And stablish you - Make you firm and steadfast; 1Th 3:2, 1 Thessalonians 3:13.In every good word and work - In every true doctrine, and in the practice of every virtue.This chapter is very important in reference to the rise of that great anti-Christian power which has exerted, and... read more