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2 Thessalonians 1:8

Context
1:8 With flaming fire he will mete out 1  punishment on those who do not know God 2  and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.

2 Thessalonians 2:14

Context
2:14 He called you to this salvation 3  through our gospel, so that you may possess the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. 4 

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

3 tn Grk “to which,” referring to the main idea of v. 13.

4 sn That you may possess the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. For Paul the ultimate stage of salvation is glorification (Rom 8:30).



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