Discovery Box2 Thessalonians 1:1 
ContextSalutation
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
Context1:8 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
Context1:10 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
Context3:14 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.
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.”
