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2 Thessalonians 1:7-8
New English Translation
2 Thessalonians 1:7-8
New English Translation
7 and to you who are being afflicted to give rest together with us when the Lord Jesus is revealed[a] from heaven with his mighty angels.[b] 8 With flaming fire he will mete out[c] punishment on those who do not know God[d] and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.
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- 2 Thessalonians 1:7 tn Grk “at the revelation of the Lord Jesus.”
- 2 Thessalonians 1:7 tn Grk “angels of power,” translated as an attributive genitive.
- 2 Thessalonians 1:8 tn Grk “meting out,” as a description of Jesus Christ in v. 7. Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started at the beginning of v. 8 in the translation.
- 2 Thessalonians 1:8 sn An allusion to Jer 10:25, possibly also to Ps 79:6 and Isa 66:15.
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