OET interlinear 2 TH 2:11

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result

διὰ τοῦτο

because_of this

What follows because of this is the result of the action of the people who “did not receive the love of the truth” in verse 10. Use a connector that shows that what the people did in verse 10 is the reason for what follows in this verse. Alternate translation: [for this reason] or [because the people did not receive the love of the truth]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

πέμπει αὐτοῖς ὁ Θεὸς ἐνέργειαν πλάνης, εἰς τὸ πιστεῦσαι αὐτοὺς τῷ ψεύδει

˓is˒_sending ˱to˲_them ¬the God ˓a˒_working ˱of˲_deception in_order that ˓to˒_believe them ˱in˲_the falsehood

Paul is speaking of God allowing something to happen to people as if he is sending something to them. Alternate translation: [God is allowing them to think wrongly so that they believe the lies of the man of lawlessness]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / possession

ἐνέργειαν πλάνης

˓a˒_working ˱of˲_deception

Paul is using the possessive form to describe a working that is characterized by error. This means something that works to produce error in them. Alternate translation: [the ability to think in a wrong way]

Note 4 topic: grammar-connect-logic-goal

εἰς τὸ πιστεῦσαι αὐτοὺς

in_order that ˓to˒_believe them

Here, for introduces a purpose clause. Paul is stating the purpose for which God sends the working of error. Use a natural way in your language for introducing a purpose clause. Alternate translation: [so that they may believe]

Note 5 topic: writing-pronouns

εἰς τὸ πιστεῦσαι αὐτοὺς

in_order that ˓to˒_believe them

Here, them refers to the people who “did not receive the love of the truth” in verse 10. If this might confuse your readers, you could express the meaning explicitly. Alternate translation: [so that these people may believe] or [in order that the people who did not receive the love of the truth may believe]