2Th 2:9-12 | TNotes | STEP | 2:9 As Christ will appear in royal and divine power (his parousia ; 2:1 , 8 ; 1 Thes 2:19 ; 3:13 ; 4:15 ; 5:23 ), this figure similarly will come ( parousia ) with a royal entrance.

2:9 ^a As Christ will appear in royal and divine power (his parousia; 2:1 ^b, 8 ^c; 1 Thes 2:19 ^d; 3:13 ^e; 4:15 ^f; 5:23 ^g), this figure similarly will come (parousia) with a royal entrance.
2:11 ^h As seen elsewhere in Scripture (Exod 9:12 ⁱ; 2 Chr 18:22 ^j), God sometimes hands people over to the power of the sin or deception they have desired in place of the truth (Rom 1:24 ^k, 26 ^l, 28 ^m; 11:8 ⁿ).
2:12 ^o They will be condemned (see 1:6-9 ^p) by God’s judicial verdict for not believing the truth (2:10 ^q), instead believing the lie of the man of lawlessness (2:9-10 ^r).