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2 Thess. 1:8 KJV (With Strong’s)

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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 now heavens and the earth by the same word have been stored with fire, being kept for a day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men. (2 Peter 3:7)

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Deut. 32:41,43• ⁴¹If I whet my glittering sword,{HR}And mine hand take hold on judgment;{HR}I will render vengeance to mine enemies,{HR}And will reward them that hate me.
⁴³Rejoice, O ye nations, with his people:{HR}For he will avenge the blood of his servants,{HR}And will render vengeance to his adversaries,{HR}And will be merciful unto his land, and to 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,{HR}And upon the kingdoms that called not on thy name. (Psa. 79:6)

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Zeph. 1:6• ⁶And them that are turned back from Jehovah; and those that have not sought Jehovah, nor inquired for him. (Zeph. 1:6)

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Rom. 2:8• ⁸but to those that are contentious and disobey the truth but obey unrighteousness, wrath and indignation, (Rom. 2:8)

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flaming.

Gen. 3:24• ²⁴So he drove out the man; and he placed eastward of Eden's garden the Cherubim and the blade of the flashing sword to keep the way of the tree of life. (Gen. 3:24)

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Deut. 4:11• ¹¹Ye came near and stood under the mountain; and the mountain burned with fire in the midst of heaven, with darkness, clouds, and thick darkness. (Deut. 4:11)

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Deut. 5:5• ⁵(I stood between Jehovah and you at that time, to show you the word of Jehovah: for ye were afraid by reason of the fire, and went not up into the Mount.) {i}saying,{/i} (Deut. 5:5)

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Psa. 21:8‑9• ⁸Thy hand shall find out all thine enemies,{HR}Thy right hand shall find out those that hate thee.
⁹Thou wilt make them as a furnace of fire at the time of thy presence;{HR}Jehovah in his anger will consume them, and 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.
³Our God will come and not be silent:{HR}A fire before him shall devour,{HR}And around him it shall be very tempestuous.
⁴He calleth to the heavens from above{HR}And to the earth to judge his people.
⁵Gather unto me my saints making my covenant by sacrifice.
⁶And the heavens declare his righteousness for God [is] judge himself. Selah. (Psa. 50:2‑6)

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Dan. 7:10• ¹⁰A fiery stream 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, accursed, into the everlasting fire that is prepared for the devil and his angels.
⁴⁶And these shall go away into everlasting punishment, but the righteous into life everlasting. (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 now heavens and the earth by the same word have been stored with fire, being kept for a day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men.
¹⁰But the day of [the] Lord will come as a thief; in which the heavens shall pass away with rushing noise, and elements, with fervent heat, shall be dissolved, and [the] earth and the works that are therein shall be burnt up.
¹¹All these things being thus to be dissolved, of what sort ought ye to be in holy ways and godliness,
¹²waiting for and hastening the coming of the day of God, by reason of which [day] heavens being on fire shall be dissolved and elements in fervent heat shall melt? (2 Peter 3:7,10‑12)

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Rev. 20:10,14‑15• ¹⁰And the devil that deceived them was cast also into the lake of fire and brimstone, where also the beast and the false prophet {i}are{/i}; and they shall be tormented day and night unto the ages of the ages.
¹⁴And death and hades were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire.
¹⁵And if Anyone 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 for the cowardly and faithless and abominable and murderers and fornicators and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their part {i}shall be{/i} in the lake that burneth with fire and brimstone, which is the second death. (Rev. 21:8)

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or, yielding vengeance.

Deut. 32:35,41‑42• ³⁵{i}Vengeance is mine, and recompense,{HR}For the time when their foot shall slip.{HR}For the day of their calamity is at hand,{HR}And the things that shall come upon them make haste.{HR}{/i}
⁴¹If I whet my glittering sword,{HR}And mine hand take hold on judgment;{HR}I will render vengeance to mine enemies,{HR}And will reward them that hate me.
⁴²I will make mine arrows drunk with blood,{HR}And my sword shall devour flesh;{HR}And that with the blood of the slain and of the captives,{HR}From the beginning of revenges upon the enemy. (Deut. 32:35,41‑42)

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Psa. 2:9‑12• ⁹Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron;{HR}As a potter's vessel shalt thou dash them in pieces."
¹⁰And now, O ye kings, be wise;{HR}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{HR}When his anger consumeth but a little:{HR}Blessed [are] all who trust in him. (Psa. 2:9‑12)

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Psa. 94:1• ¹O Jehovah God to whom vengeance belongeth,{HR}O God to whom vengeance belongeth, 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 [is] in my heart, and the year of my redeemed is 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 I have brought down their strength to the earth. (Isa. 63:4‑6)

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Heb. 10:30• ³⁰For we know him that said, To me [is] vengeance; I will recompense, saith Jehovah; and again, Jehovah 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 Master, the holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on those that dwell on the earth?
¹⁶and they say to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb:
¹⁷for the great day of his wrath is come; and who is able to stand? (Rev. 6:10,16‑17)

that know.

Ex. 5:2• ²{i}And Pharaoh said{/i}, Who is Jehovah, that I should obey His voice to let Israel go? I know not Jehovah, neither will I let Israel go. (Ex. 5:2)

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

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Psa. 9:10• ¹⁰And they who know thy name will trust in thee;{HR}For thou hast not forsaken those who seek thee, O Jehovah. (Psa. 9:10)

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Psa. 79:6• ⁶Pour out thy fury upon the nations that have not known thee,{HR}And upon the kingdoms that called not on thy name. (Psa. 79:6)

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

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

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Zeph. 1:6• ⁶And them that are turned back from Jehovah; and those that have not sought Jehovah, nor inquired for him. (Zeph. 1:6)

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

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

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Rom. 1:28• ²⁸And even as they disapproved to have God in acknowledgment, God gave them up unto a reprobate mind to do improper things; (Rom. 1:28)

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1 Cor. 15:34• ³⁴Wake up righteously, and sin not; for some are ignorant of God: I speak unto your shame. (1 Cor. 15:34)

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1 Thess. 4:5• ⁵not in passion of lust, even as also the Gentiles that know not God; (1 Thess. 4:5)

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Deut. 4:30• ³⁰{i}In 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,{/i} (Deut. 4:30)

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Psa. 18:44• ⁴⁴At the hearing of the ear they show themselves obedient to me;{HR}Sons of a stranger feign submission to me. (Psa. 18:44)

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Isa. 1:19• ¹⁹If ye be willing and obedient, 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 multiplied exceedingly; and a great crowd of the priests were obedient to the faith. (Acts 6:7)

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Rom. 1:5• ⁵through whom we received grace and apostleship unto obedience of faith among all the Gentiles in behalf of his name; (Rom. 1:5)

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Rom. 2:7‑8• ⁷to those that with patience in good work seek for glory and honour and incorruption, eternal life;
⁸but to those that are contentious and disobey the truth but obey unrighteousness, wrath and indignation, (Rom. 2:7‑8)

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Rom. 6:16• ¹⁶Know ye not that to whom ye are yielding yourselves as bondservants for obedience, ye are bondservants 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 not all obeyed the gospel. For Esaias says, “Lord, who believed our report?” (Rom. 10:16)

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

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Rom. 16:26• ²⁶but now manifested and by prophetic scriptures, according to the eternal God's command, made known for obedience of faith unto all the Gentiles, (Rom. 16:26)

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2 Cor. 10:5• ⁵pulling down reasonings and every height that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and leading captive every thought unto the obedience of Christ, (2 Cor. 10:5)

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Gal. 3:1• ¹O senseless Galatians! who bewitched you, before whose eyes Jesus Christ was portrayed among you as crucified? (Gal. 3:1)

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Heb. 2:3• ³how shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation, which, having begun to be spoken by the Lord, was confirmed unto us by those that heard, (Heb. 2:3)

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Heb. 5:9• ⁹and, perfected, he became to all those that obey him author of salvation everlasting, (Heb. 5:9)

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Heb. 11:8• ⁸By faith Abraham, when called, obeyed to go out into a 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 foreknowledge of God [the] Father, in [the] Spirit's sanctification, unto obedience and blood-sprinkling 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 became doing good and not being afraid of any dismay. (1 Peter 3:6)

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1 Peter 4:17• ¹⁷Because the time [is] that judgment begin from the house of God; and if first from us, what [shall be] the end of those that obey not the gospel 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;

WK Translation Notes

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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.