2 Thessalonians 2:12

“That they all might be damned, &c.] Or judged, discerned and distinguished from true Christians and real believers, or rather that they might be condemned and punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and have their portion in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone; where the devil, the false prophet, and the beast, whose followers they are, will be cast; and it is but a righteous thing with God to give them up to such delusion, that they may be damned, since they received not the love of the truth that they might be saved; and the following character of them justifies the divine procedure: who believed not the truth; neither the word of truth, the Gospel of…”

“they all . . . damned--rather as Greek, "that all," &c. He here states the general proposition which applies specially to Antichrist's adherents. Not all in the Church of Rome, or other anti-Christian systems, shall be damned, but only "all who believed not the truth," when offered to them, "but had pleasure in unrighteousness" (Rom 1:32; Rom 2:8). Love of unrighteousness being the great obstacle to believing the truth.”

“That they all might be damned - The word “damned” we commonly apply now exclusively to future punishment, and it has a harsher signification than the original word; compare the notes, 1 Corinthians 11:29. The Greek word - κρίνω krinō - means to judge, determine, decide; and then to condemn; Romans 2:27; Romans 14:22; James 4:11; John 7:51; Luke 19:22; Acts 13:27. It may be applied to the judgment of the last day John 5:22; John 8:50; Acts 17:31; Rom 3:6; 2 Timothy 4:1, but not necessarily. The word “judged” or “condemned,” would, in this place, express all that the Greek word necessarily conveys. Yet there can be no doubt that the judgment or condemnation which is referred to, is that…”

“That they all may be condemned - That is, the consequence of which will be, that they all will be condemned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness - That is, who believed not the truth, because they loved sin. 2 Thessalonians 2:13”

“2:12 They will be condemned (see 1:6-9) by God’s judicial verdict for not believing the truth (2:10), instead believing the lie of the man of lawlessness (2:9-10).”

“they: Deu 32:35; Mar 16:16; Joh 3:36; Th1 5:9; Pe2 2:3; Jde 1:4, Jde 1:5 but: Psa 11:5, Psa 50:16-21, Psa 52:3, Psa 52:4; Hos 7:3; Mic 3:2; Mar 14:11; Joh 3:19-21; Rom 1:32, Rom 2:8, Rom 8:7, Rom 8:8, Rom 12:9; Pe2 2:13-15; Jo3 1:11 2 Thessalonians 2:13”