2 Thessalonians 2:11

2:11 Consequently ¹  God sends on them a deluding influence ²  so that they will believe what is false.

2 Thessalonians 3:2

3:2 and that we may be delivered from perverse and evil people. For not all have faith.

2 Thessalonians 3:18

3:18 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. ³ 

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¹ tn Grk “and for this reason.”

² tn Grk “a working of error.”

³ tc Most witnesses, including some early and important ones (א² A D F G Ψ Ï lat sy), conclude this letter with ἀμήν (amhn, “amen”). Such a conclusion is routinely added by scribes to NT books because a few of these books originally had such an ending (cf. Rom 16:27; Gal 6:18; Jude 25). A majority of Greek witnesses have the concluding ἀμήν in every NT book except Acts, James, and 3 John (and even in these books, ἀμήν is found in some witnesses). It is thus a predictable variant. Further, the witnesses for the omission are among the best mss (א* B 0278 6 33 1739 1881* 2464 sa), giving sufficient base to prefer the shorter reading.