Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
for this cause—because "they received not the love of the truth." The best safeguard against error is "the love of the truth."
shall send—Greek, "sends," or "is sending"; the "delusion" is already beginning. God judicially sends hardness of heart on those who have rejected the truth, and gives them up in righteous judgment to Satan's delusions (Isaiah 6:9-10; Romans 1:24-26, Romans 1:28). They first cast off the love of the truth, then God gives them up to Satan's delusions, then they settle down into "believing the lie": an awful climax (I Kings 22:22-23; Ezekiel 14:9; Job 12:16; Matthew 24:5, Matthew 24:11; I Timothy 4:1).
strong delusion—Greek, "the powerful working of error," answering to the energizing "working of Satan" (II Thessalonians 2:9); the same expression as is applied to the Holy Ghost's operation in believers: "powerful" or "effectual (energizing) working" (Ephesians 1:19).
believe a lie—rather, "the lie" which Antichrist tells them, appealing to his miracles as proofs of it . . . (II Thessalonians 2:9).
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing 2 Thessalonians 2:11:
Isaiah 6:10
Isaiah 66:4
Jeremiah 4:10
Ezekiel 13:6
Ezekiel 14:5
Ezekiel 14:9
Ezekiel 20:25
Daniel 8:24
Amos 2:4
Zechariah 11:15
Zechariah 13:2
Mark 13:21
Luke 21:23
2 Corinthians 4:4
2 Thessalonians 2:10
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