That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
They all might be damned - Greek, 'that all,' etc.: the general proposition which applies specially to Antichrist's adherents. Not all in Rome, or other anti-Christian systems, shall be damned, but only all "who believed not the truth" when offered to them, "but had pleasure in unrighteousness" (Romans 1:32; Romans 2:8). Love of unrighteousness is the great obstacle to believing the truth.