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2 Thessalonians 1:8
8in flaming fire, He will command judgment on those who do not know God and do not heed the Good News of our Lord Yeshua.
2 Thessalonians 1:8 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ:
- New International Version (NIV)He will punish those who do not know God and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.
- English Standard Version (ESV)in flaming fire, inflicting vengeance on those who do not know God and on those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.
- New King James Version (NKJV)in flaming fire taking vengeance on those who do not know God, and on those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Context of 2 Thessalonians 1:8
6For after all, it is right in the sight of God to pay back trouble to those who trouble you, 7and relief to you who suffer trouble along with us. At the revelation of the Lord Yeshua from heaven with His mighty angels in flaming fire, He will command judgment on those who do not know God and do not heed the Good News of our Lord Yeshua. 9They will pay the price of eternal ruin, away from the presence of the Lord and the glory of His power— 10on that Day when He comes to be glorified among His kedoshim and marveled at by all who have believed, because our testimony to you was believed.)
Read all of 2 Thessalonians 12 Thessalonians 1:8 word by word
ἐν πυρὶ φλογός, διδόντος ἐκδίκησιν τοῖς μὴ εἰδόσιν θεὸν καὶ τοῖς μὴ ὑπακούουσιν τῷ εὐαγγελίῳ τοῦ κυρίου ἡμῶν ἸησοῦRead the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
- Inἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
- flamingφλόξphlox · flameG5395
- fireπῦρpur · fireG4442
- takingδίδωμιdidōmi · to giveG1325
- vengeanceἐκδίκησιςekdikēsis · vengeanceG1557
- on them that knowεἴδωeidō · to perceive: understandG1492
- notμήmē · notG3361
- Godθεόςtheos · GodG2316
- andκαίkai · andG2532
- that obeyὑπακούωhupakouō · to obeyG5219
- the gospelεὐαγγέλιονeuaggelion · gospelG2098
- of ourἐγώegō · I/weG1473
- Lordκύριοςkurios · lord: GodG2962
- JesusἸησοῦςIēsous · JesusG2424
- ChristΧριστόςChristos · ChristG5547
Cross-references for 2 Thessalonians 1:8
- Genesis 3:24And He expelled the man; and at the east of the Garden of Eden He had cheruvim dwell along, with the whirling sword of flame, to guard the way to the Tree of Life.
- Deuteronomy 4:11“You came near and stood at the bottom of the mountain while the mountain was blazing with fire up to the heart of the heavens—darkness, cloud, and fog.
- Deuteronomy 5:5(I was standing between Adonai and you at that time, to tell you the word of Adonai, because you were afraid because of the fire and did not go up the mountain.) ‘He said:
- Psalms 21:8For the king trusts in Adonai, and in the lovingkindness of Elyon he will not be shaken.
- Psalms 50:2Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God shines forth.
- Daniel 7:10A river of fire was flowing and coming out from before Him. Thousands of thousands attended Him and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before Him. The court was seated, and the books were opened.
- Matthew 25:41Then He will also say to those on the left, ‘Go away from Me, you cursed ones, into the everlasting fire which has been prepared for the devil and his angels.
- Hebrews 10:27but only a terrifying expectation of judgment and a fury of fire about to devour the enemies of God.
- Hebrews 12:29For our God is a consuming fire.
- 2 Peter 3:7But by the same word the present heavens and earth are being reserved for fire—kept until the Day of Judgment and the destruction of ungodly people.
- Revelation 20:10And the devil who deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are too, and they shall be tortured day and night forever and ever.
- Revelation 21:8But for the cowardly and faithless and detestable and murderers and sexually immoral and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars—their lot is in the lake that burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.”
- Deuteronomy 32:35Vengeance is Mine, and payback, for the time when their foot staggers. Surely their day of disaster is near— what is prepared rushes on them.
- Psalms 2:9You shall break the nations with an iron scepter. You shall dash them in pieces like a potter’s jar.”
- Psalms 94:1God of vengeance, Adonai, God of vengeance, shine forth!
- Isaiah 61:2to proclaim the year of Adonai’s favor and the day of our God’s vengeance, to comfort all who mourn
Commentaries on 2 Thessalonians 1:8
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 8In flaming fire - · In thunder and lightning, taking vengeance - inflicting just punishment on them that know not God - the heathen who do not worship the true God, and will not acknowledge him, but worship idols; and on them that obey not the Gospel - the Jews, particularly who have rejected the Gospel, and persecuted Christ and his messengers; and all nominal Christians who, though they believe the Gospel as a revelation from God, yet do not obey it as…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8In flaming fire - This is a circumstance which is not noticed in the account of his appearing in the parallel place in 1 Thessalonians 4:16. The object of the apostle here seems to be to represent him as coming amidst vivid flashes of lightning. He is commonly described as coming in clouds, and to that common description there is here added the image of incessant lightnings, as if the whole heavens were illuminated with a continued blaze. Taking vengeance…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 5-10Verses 5-10 Religion, if worth anything, is worth every thing; and those have no religion, or none worth having, or know not how to value it, cannot find their hearts to suffer for it. We cannot by all our sufferings, any more than by our services, merit heaven; but by our patience under sufferings, we are prepared for the promised joy. Nothing more strongly marks a man for eternal ruin, than a spirit of persecution and enmity to the name and people of…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3-10After thanking God for the Thessalonian church, the apostle Paul writes about persecution (1:3–4). This had become worse since his first letter (1 Thessalonians 1:6; 2:14; 3:3–4). God will ease their suffering and judge those who persecute the church (2 Thessalonians 1:5–10).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 88. In flaming fire--Greek, "In flame of fire"; or, as other oldest manuscripts read, "in fire of flame." This flame of fire accompanied His manifestation in the bush (Ex 3:2); also His giving of the law at Sinai (Ex 19:18). Also it shall accompany His revelation at His advent (Da 7:9, 10), symbolizing His own bright glory and His consuming vengeance against His foes (He 10:27; 12:29; 2Pe 3:7, 10). taking--literally, "giving" them, as their portion…Read the comment
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- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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