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Ins flaming fire δtakingt vengeance on them that knowu not God, andv that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ:

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Heb. 10:27• ²⁷but a certain fearful expectation of judgment, and heat of fire about to devour the adversaries. (Heb. 10:27)

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2 Peter 3:7• ⁷But the present heavens and the earth by his word are laid up in store, kept for fire unto a day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men. (2 Peter 3:7)

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Deut. 32:41,43• ⁴¹If I have sharpened my gleaming sword, And my hand take hold of judgment, I will render vengeance to mine adversaries, And will recompense them that hate me.
⁴³Shout for joy, ye nations, with his people, For he avengeth the blood of his servants, And rendereth vengeance to his enemies, And maketh atonement for his land, for his people. (Deut. 32:41,43)

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or, yielding.

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Psa. 79:6• ⁶Pour out thy fury upon the nations that have not known thee, and upon the kingdoms that call not upon thy name: (Psa. 79:6)

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Zeph. 1:6• ⁶and them that turn back from after Jehovah, and that do not seek Jehovah, nor inquire for him. (Zeph. 1:6)

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Rom. 2:8• ⁸But to those that are contentious, and are disobedient to the truth, but obey unrighteousness, there shall be wrath and indignation, (Rom. 2:8)

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flaming.

Gen. 3:24• ²⁴And he drove out Man; and he set the Cherubim, and the flame of the flashing sword, toward the east of the garden of Eden, to guard the way to the tree of life. (Gen. 3:24)

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Deut. 4:11• ¹¹And ye came near and stood under the mountain; and the mountain burned with fire to the heart of heaven, with darkness, clouds, and obscurity. (Deut. 4:11)

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Deut. 5:5• ⁵(I stood between Jehovah and you at that time, to declare to you the word of Jehovah; for ye were afraid by reason of the fire, and went not up to the mountain), saying, (Deut. 5:5)

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Psa. 21:8‑9• ⁸Thy hand shall find out all thine enemies; thy right hand shall find out those that hate thee.
⁹Thou shalt make them as a fiery furnace in the time of thy presence; Jehovah shall swallow them up in his anger, and the fire shall devour them: (Psa. 21:8‑9)

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Psa. 50:2‑6• ²Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath shined forth.
³Our God will come, and will not keep silence: fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him.
⁴He will call to the heavens from above, and to the earth, that he may judge his people:
⁵Gather unto me my godly ones, those that have made a covenant with me by sacrifice!
⁶And the heavens shall declare his righteousness; for God executeth judgment himself. Selah. (Psa. 50:2‑6)

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Dan. 7:10• ¹⁰A stream of fire issued and came forth from before him; thousand thousands ministered unto him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him: the judgment was set, and the books were opened. (Dan. 7:10)

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Matt. 25:41,46• ⁴¹Then shall he say also to those on the left, Go from me, cursed, into eternal fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:
⁴⁶And these shall go away into eternal punishment, and the righteous into life eternal. (Matt. 25:41,46)

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Heb. 10:27• ²⁷but a certain fearful expectation of judgment, and heat of fire about to devour the adversaries. (Heb. 10:27)

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Heb. 12:29• ²⁹For also our God is a consuming fire. (Heb. 12:29)

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2 Peter 3:7,10‑12• ⁷But the present heavens and the earth by his word are laid up in store, kept for fire unto a day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men.
¹⁰But the day of the Lord will come as a thief, in which the heavens will pass away with a rushing noise, and the elements, burning with heat, shall be dissolved, and the earth and the works in it shall be burnt up.
¹¹All these things then being to be dissolved, what ought ye to be in holy conversation and godliness,
¹²waiting for and hastening the coming of the day of God, by reason of which the heavens, being on fire, shall be dissolved, and the elements, burning with heat, shall melt? (2 Peter 3:7,10‑12)

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Rev. 20:10,14‑15• ¹⁰And the devil who deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where are both the beast and the false prophet; and they shall be tormented day and night for the ages of ages.
¹⁴and death and hades were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death, even the lake of fire.
¹⁵And if any one was not found written in the book of life, he was cast into the lake of fire. (Rev. 20:10,14‑15)

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Rev. 21:8• ⁸But to the fearful and unbelieving, and sinners, and those who make themselves abominable, and murderers, and fornicators, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, their part is in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone; which is the second death. (Rev. 21:8)

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or, yielding vengeance.

Deut. 32:35,41‑42• ³⁵Vengeance is mine, and recompense, For the time when their foot shall slip. For the day of their calamity is at hand, And the things that shall come upon them make haste.
⁴¹If I have sharpened my gleaming sword, And my hand take hold of judgment, I will render vengeance to mine adversaries, And will recompense them that hate me.
⁴²Mine arrows will I make drunk with blood, And my sword shall devour flesh; I will make them drunk with the blood of the slain and of the captives, With the head of the princes of the enemy. (Deut. 32:35,41‑42)

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Psa. 2:9‑12• ⁹Thou shalt break them with a sceptre of iron, as a potter's vessel thou shalt dash them in pieces.
¹⁰And now, O kings, be ye wise, be admonished, ye judges of the earth.
¹¹Serve Jehovah with fear, and rejoice with trembling.
¹²Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish in the way, though his anger burn but a little. Blessed are all who have their trust in him. (Psa. 2:9‑12)

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Psa. 94:1• ¹O *God of vengeances, Jehovah, *God of vengeances, shine forth; (Psa. 94:1)

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Isa. 61:2• ²to proclaim the acceptable year of Jehovah, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn; (Isa. 61:2)

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Isa. 63:4‑6• ⁴For the day of vengeance was in my heart, and the year of my redeemed had come.
⁵And I looked, and there was none to help; and I wondered that there was none to uphold: and mine own arm brought salvation unto me; and my fury, it upheld me.
⁶And I have trodden down the peoples in mine anger, and made them drunk in my fury; and their blood have I brought down to the earth. (Isa. 63:4‑6)

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Heb. 10:30• ³⁰For we know him that said, To me belongs vengeance; *I* will recompense, saith the Lord: and again, The Lord shall judge his people. (Heb. 10:30)

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Rev. 6:10,16‑17• ¹⁰and they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O sovereign Ruler, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell upon the earth?
¹⁶and they say to the mountains and to the rocks, Fall on us, and have us hidden from the face of him that sits upon the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb;
¹⁷because the great day of his wrath is come, and who is able to stand? (Rev. 6:10,16‑17)

that know.

Ex. 5:2• ²And Pharaoh said, Who is Jehovah, to whose voice I am to hearken to let Israel go? I do not know Jehovah, neither will I let Israel go. (Ex. 5:2)

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1 Sam. 2:12• ¹²Now the sons of Eli were sons of Belial; they knew not Jehovah. (1 Sam. 2:12)

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Psa. 9:10• ¹⁰And they that know thy name will confide in thee; for thou, Jehovah, hast not forsaken them that seek thee. (Psa. 9:10)

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Psa. 79:6• ⁶Pour out thy fury upon the nations that have not known thee, and upon the kingdoms that call not upon thy name: (Psa. 79:6)

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Isa. 27:11• ¹¹When its branches are withered they shall be broken off; women shall come and set them on fire. For it is a people of no intelligence; therefore he that made them will not have mercy on them, and he who formed them will shew them no favour. (Isa. 27:11)

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Jer. 9:6• ⁶Thy habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, saith Jehovah. (Jer. 9:6)

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Zeph. 1:6• ⁶and them that turn back from after Jehovah, and that do not seek Jehovah, nor inquire for him. (Zeph. 1:6)

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John 3:19• ¹⁹And this is the judgment, that light is come into the world, and men have loved darkness rather than light; for their works were evil. (John 3:19)

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John 8:19• ¹⁹They said to him therefore, Where is thy Father? Jesus answered, Ye know neither me nor my Father. If ye had known me, ye would have known also my Father. (John 8:19)

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Rom. 1:28• ²⁸And according as they did not think good to have God in their knowledge, God gave them up to a reprobate mind to practise unseemly things; (Rom. 1:28)

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1 Cor. 15:34• ³⁴Awake up righteously, and sin not; for some are ignorant of God: I speak to you as a matter of shame. (1 Cor. 15:34)

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1 Thess. 4:5• ⁵(not in passionate desire, even as the nations who know not God,) (1 Thess. 4:5)

and that.

Deut. 4:30• ³⁰In thy tribulation, and when all these things shall come upon thee, at the end of days, thou shalt return to Jehovah thy God, and shalt hearken to his voice, (Deut. 4:30)

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Psa. 18:44• ⁴⁴At the hearing of the ear, they obey me: strangers come cringing unto me. (Psa. 18:44)

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Isa. 1:19• ¹⁹If ye be willing and hearken, ye shall eat the good of the land; (Isa. 1:19)

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Acts 6:7• ⁷And the word of God increased; and the number of the disciples in Jerusalem was very greatly multiplied, and a great crowd of the priests obeyed the faith. (Acts 6:7)

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Rom. 1:5• ⁵by whom we have received grace and apostleship in behalf of his name, for obedience of faith among all the nations, (Rom. 1:5)

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Rom. 2:7‑8• ⁷to them who, in patient continuance of good works, seek for glory and honour and incorruptibility, life eternal.
⁸But to those that are contentious, and are disobedient to the truth, but obey unrighteousness, there shall be wrath and indignation, (Rom. 2:7‑8)

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Rom. 6:16• ¹⁶Know ye not that to whom ye yield yourselves bondmen for obedience, ye are bondmen to him whom ye obey, whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness? (Rom. 6:16)

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Rom. 10:16• ¹⁶But they have not all obeyed the glad tidings. For Esaias says, Lord, who has believed our report? (Rom. 10:16)

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Rom. 15:18• ¹⁸For I will not dare to speak anything of the things which Christ has not wrought by me, for the obedience of the nations, by word and deed, (Rom. 15:18)

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Rom. 16:26• ²⁶but which has now been made manifest, and by prophetic scriptures, according to commandment of the eternal God, made known for obedience of faith to all the nations-- (Rom. 16:26)

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2 Cor. 10:5• ⁵overthrowing reasonings and every high thing that lifts itself up against the knowledge of God, and leading captive every thought into the obedience of the Christ; (2 Cor. 10:5)

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Gal. 3:1• ¹O senseless Galatians, who has bewitched you; to whom, as before your very eyes, Jesus Christ has been portrayed, crucified among you? (Gal. 3:1)

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Heb. 2:3• ³how shall *we* escape if we have been negligent of so great salvation, which, having had its commencement in being spoken of by the Lord, has been confirmed to us by those who have heard; (Heb. 2:3)

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Heb. 5:9• ⁹and having been perfected, became to all them that obey him, author of eternal salvation; (Heb. 5:9)

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Heb. 11:8• ⁸By faith Abraham, being called, obeyed to go out into the place which he was to receive for an inheritance, and went out, not knowing where he was going. (Heb. 11:8)

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1 Peter 1:2• ²elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, by sanctification of the Spirit, unto the obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace be multiplied. (1 Peter 1:2)

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1 Peter 3:6• ⁶as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord; whose children ye have become, doing good, and not fearing with any kind of consternation. (1 Peter 3:6)

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1 Peter 4:17• ¹⁷For the time of having the judgment begin from the house of God is come; but if first from us, what shall be the end of those who obey not the glad tidings of God? (1 Peter 4:17)

• God is, and that He is a rewarder of those that seek Him out, and an avenger of all wrong against God and man. He is now dealing in grace; in that day He will judge the habitable world. (“On 2 Thessalonians 1:5-8” by W. Kelly)

• Two distinct objects of judgment, to those that know not God, the Gentiles, described thus expressly in 1 Thess. 4:5, and in substance throughout Scripture; and to those who obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus, as the Jews might well be regarded. (“On 2 Thessalonians 1:5-8” by W. Kelly)

• Evil will be treated as nothing but evil when the Lord arises to judge, and this in the most manifest way before the universe. (“On 2 Thessalonians 1:5-8” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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in flaming fire taking vengeance on those who know not God, and those who do not obey the glad tidings of our Lord Jesus Christ;

W. Kelly Translation

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in flaming fire, rendering vengeance to those that know not God and toa those that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesusb;

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There are two articles in the Greek "and to," expressive of two distinct classes of men with whom the day of the Lord is to deal: those that know not God (the nations or heathen); and those that, if they know Him after a sort, obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus (unbelieving Jews). I have no hesitation in saying that such is the sense of the Greek.

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The addition of "Christ" here is questionable; many MSS. do not have it.