2 Thessalonians 2:9 BSB

2 Thessalonians 2:9

The coming of the lawless one will be accompanied by the working of Satan, with every kind of power, sign, and false wonder,

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

even he, whose coming is according to the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,

KJV

Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,

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Commentary

2 voices

Tertullian

Against Marcion Book V (220)

But whichsoever of the two it is, I want to know why he comes "in all power, and with lying signs and wonders? " "Because," he says, "they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved; for which cause God shall send them an instinct of delusion (to believe a lie), that they all might be judged who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan - Greek, κατ ̓ ἐνέργειαν τοὺ Σατανᾶ kat' energeian tou Satana. According to the energy of Satan; that is, the energetic or efficient operation of Satan. The word rendered “after,” it need not be said to one who looks at the Greek, does not refer to time, but is a preposition, meaning according to; in conformity with; meaning that the manner of his appearing would be accompanied by such works as would show that the agency of Satan was employed, and such as he only could produce.

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Original language & word study

16 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
οὗ	hou	whose	G3739 →
ἐστιν	estin	is	G1510 →
ἡ	hē	<the>	G3588 →
παρουσία	parousia	coming	G3952 →
κατ᾽	kat᾽	according to	G2596 →
ἐνέργειαν	energeian	[the] working	G1753 →
τοῦ	tou	<the>	G3588 →
σατανᾶ	satana	of Satan	G4567 →
ἐν	en	in	G1722 →
πάσῃ	pasē	every	G3956 →
δυνάμει	dunamei	power	G1411 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
σημείοις	sēmeiois	in signs	G4592 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
τέρασιν	terasin	in wonders	G5059 →
ψεύδους	pseudous	of falsehood	G5579 →

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The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Matthew 24:24
For false Christs and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and wonders that would deceive even the elect, if that were possible.
leads to
- 2 Thessalonians 2:9–11
  The coming of the lawless one will be accompanied by the working of Satan, with every kind of power, sign, and false wonder,
- Mark 13:22
  For false Christs and false prophets will appear and perform signs and wonders that would deceive even the elect, if that were possible.
- Revelation 13:13–14
  And the second beast performed great signs to cause even fire from heaven to come down to earth in the presence of the people.
- Matthew 24:11
  and many false prophets will arise and mislead many.
- 2 Peter 2:1–3
  Now there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them—bringing swift destruction on…
Through
2 Corinthians 11:3
I am afraid, however, that just as Eve was deceived by the serpent’s cunning, your minds may be led astray from your simple and pure devotion to Christ.
leads to
- Colossians 2:8
  See to it that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deception, which are based on human tradition and the spiritual forces of the world rather than on Christ.
- Galatians 1:6
  I am amazed how quickly you are deserting the One who called you by the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel—
Through
Ephesians 2:2
in which you used to walk when you conformed to the ways of this world and of the ruler of the power of the air, the spirit who is now at work in the…
leads to
- Ephesians 6:12
  For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this world’s darkness, and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.