2 Thessalonians 2:12
That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
Cross-reference
2 Thessalonians 2:13 immediately contrasts the condemned with those chosen for salvation through belief in truth.
Romans 12:9 commands abhorring evil — the opposite of taking pleasure in unrighteousness.
Jude 1:5 recalls God destroying those who did not believe — same cause (unbelief) leading to destruction.
Jude 1:4 describes ungodly people designated for condemnation — directly parallel to those condemned for unbelief and wickedness.
1 Thessalonians 5:9 contrasts believers destined for salvation, not wrath — opposite to the condemned here.
Romans 2:8 contrasts disobeying truth and obeying unrighteousness, leading to wrath.
Romans 1:32 describes approving evil — mirroring the pleasure in unrighteousness here.
John 3:36 warns that disobedience to the Son brings God's wrath — matching the condemnation for not believing truth.
John 3:19-21 says men loved darkness because deeds were evil — same delight leading to condemnation.
In Mark 16:16, unbelief leads to condemnation — the same consequence for those rejecting truth here.
Psalm 52:3 says you love evil more than good — directly parallels the pleasure in unrighteousness here.
Philippians 3:19 describes those whose end is destruction, whose god is their belly—mirroring the condemned who delight in unrighteousness.
Hebrews 3:19 shows unbelief prevented entering rest, paralleling how disbelief in truth leads to condemnation here.
Hebrews 4:2 says the message did not benefit because it was not mixed with faith—just as these did not believe the truth.
Hebrews 10:39 contrasts those who shrink back to destruction with those who have faith—mirroring the condemned versus the saved in 2:12-13.
2 Peter 2:12 describes false teachers perishing in corruption — similar condemnation for evil.
John 16:13 describes the Spirit of truth guiding believers, contrasting those in 2:12 who reject truth and are condemned.
Deuteronomy 32:35 declares God's vengeance on the wicked — this judgment parallels the condemnation for those who reject truth and love unrighteousness.
2 Peter 2:3 speaks of false teachers' condemnation long ago — echoing the judgment on those who love unrighteousness.
Psalm 50:16-21 rebukes the wicked who reject discipline — parallels condemnation for those who delight in evil.
Psalm 11:5 says God hates the wicked who love violence — parallels the pleasure in unrighteousness leading to condemnation.