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11 · kai For dia this houtos reason God theos will send pempō them autos · ho an active energeia delusion planē leading eis them autos to believe pisteuō the ho lie pseudos, 12 that hina they all pas may be condemned krinō who ho did not believe pisteuō the ho truth alētheia but alla took eudokeō pleasure in ho unrighteousness adikia.

13 But de we hēmeis ought opheilō always pantote to thank eucharisteō · ho God theos for peri you hymeis, brothers adelphos loved agapaō by hypo the Lord kyrios, because hoti God theos chose haireō you hymeis · ho as first fruits aparchē for eis salvation sōtēria, by en sanctification hagiasmos of the Spirit pneuma and kai belief pistis in the truth alētheia.

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11 For this reason God sends them(A) a powerful delusion(B) so that they will believe the lie(C) 12 and so that all will be condemned who have not believed the truth but have delighted in wickedness.(D)

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13 But we ought always to thank God for you,(E) brothers and sisters loved by the Lord, because God chose you as firstfruits[a](F) to be saved(G) through the sanctifying work of the Spirit(H) and through belief in the truth.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Thessalonians 2:13 Some manuscripts because from the beginning God chose you