2 Thessalonians 1:1

Salutation

1:1 From Paul ¹  and Silvanus and Timothy, to the church of the Thessalonians ²  in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

2 Thessalonians 1:8

1:8 With flaming fire he will mete out ³  punishment on those who do not know God ⁴  and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.

2 Thessalonians 1:10

1:10 when he comes to be glorified among his saints and admired ⁵  on that day among all who have believed – and you did in fact believe our testimony. ⁶ 

2 Thessalonians 3:14

3:14 But if anyone does not obey our message through this letter, take note of him and do not associate closely with him, so that he may be ashamed.

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¹ tn Grk “Paul.” The word “from” is not in the Greek text, but has been supplied to indicate the sender of the letter.

² map For the location of Thessalonica see JP1-C1; JP2-C1; JP3-C1; JP4-C1.

³ 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.

⁴ sn An allusion to Jer 10:25, possibly also to Ps 79:6 and Isa 66:15.

⁵ tn Or “marveled at.”

⁶ tn Grk “because our testimony to you was believed.”