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.
because they received not the love of the truth: The word "because" (anti) is defined here as "for the reason that" (Kittle, Vol. I 372). The word "received" (dekomai) means "to receive favorably, give ear to, embrace, make one’s own, approve, not to reject" (Thayer 130-2-1209). Thayer says the word "love" (agapee) means "affection, good-will, love, benevolence" and comments that the love under consideration is "love which embraces the truth" (4-1-26).