E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 2 Thessalonians 2:12
That = In order that. Greek. hina . damned = condemned, or judged. App-122 . had pleasure = were well pleased. See Matthew 3:17 . read more
That = In order that. Greek. hina . damned = condemned, or judged. App-122 . had pleasure = were well pleased. See Matthew 3:17 . read more
bound, &c . Compare 2 Thessalonians 1:3 . alway . App-151 . beloved . App-135 . Lord . App-98 . hath . Omit. from the beginning . Greek. ap ' arches. See John 8:44 . chosen = chose. Greek. haireomai. See Philippians 1:1 , Philippians 1:22 . sanctification . Greek. hagiasmos. See Romans 6:19 . Spirit . The Sanctifier. App-101 . Compare 1 Peter 1:2 . belief . Greek. pistis. App-150 . read more
Whereunto = Unto (Greek. eis) which. gospel . App-140 . obtaining . Greek. peripoiesis. See Ephesians 1:14 . glory . See p. 1511. read more
stand fast . See 1 Thessalonians 3:8 . hold = lay hold on, hold fast. traditions . Greek. paradosis, as in 2 Thessalonians 3:6 . our . Should come after "by". read more
And now ye know that which restraineth, to the end that he may be revealed in his own season.That which restraineth ... This is viewed generally, by nearly all schools of interpreters, as being the Roman government. This is supported by the context in that it would explain why Paul spoke so guardedly of its being taken out of the way." However, the prophecy reaches far beyond the fall of the ancient empire; and the best view of this is, in all probability, that of Hendriksen:Of all the theories... read more
For the mystery of lawlessness doth already work: only there is one that restraineth now, until he be taken out of the way.In the Greek, the restraining power is spoken of, both as "he" and as "it," as when a man might speak of the law as "it," and of the enforcer of it as "he." Of course the Roman government was the principal authority of the age in which Paul wrote; and, as long as there was a strong central government in Rome, the spiritual empire of the papists was unable fully to develop.... read more
And then shall be revealed the lawless one, whom the Lord Jesus shall slay with the breath of his mouth, and bring to naught by the manifestation of his coming;Most students of this passage are dogmatically certain that "the lawless one" of this verse is an eschatological person, an individual, answering to the Biblical definition of "antichrist"; and, while there seems to be some indication of this, this understanding for it requires understanding the following clauses to contain a double... read more
even he, whose coming is according to the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,Hubbard's summary of the meaning here is:His coming reveals itself in all power (to work miracles) and signs (significant, meaningful miracles) and wonders (amazing their observers). In the Greek, "lying" seems to apply to all three.[8]The import of this passage is to the effect that Satan himself will lend his great power to the final man of sin, whom we have supposed to be "antichrist," and... read more
and with all deceit of unrighteousness for them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.Populations who will not accept God's morality, but who love evil, will be quite easily deceived by Satan; God himself will even send hardening and blindness to those who have preferred evil, in order to hasten their destruction. The judicial hardening that God inflicts upon those who love wickedness is an extensive New Testament subject. For further discussion... read more
E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 2 Thessalonians 2:11
for this cause = because of ( App-104 . 2 Thessalonians 2:2 ) this. send . App-174 . strong delusion = a working (2 Thessalonians 2:9 ) of error (Greek. plane, as Romans 1:27 ). believe . App-150 . read more