and with all deception of wickedness for those who are being lost, because they didn't receive the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
The word "truth" (aleethia) refers to "the truth, as taught in the Christian religion, respecting God and the execution of his purposes through Christ, and respecting the duties of man." Thayer further comments, "opposed alike to the superstitions of the Gentiles and the inventions of the Jews, and to the corrupt opinions and precepts of false teachers even among Christians...the truth which is the gospel or which the gospel presents" (26-2-225).