2 Thessalonians 1:7–10

1:7 and to you who are being afflicted to give rest together with us when the Lord Jesus is revealed9 from heaven with his mighty angels.10 1:8 With flaming fire he will mete out11 punishment on those who do not know God12 and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus. 1:9 They13 will undergo the penalty of eternal destruction, away from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his strength,14 1:10 when he comes to be glorified among his saints and admired15 on that day among all who have believed—and you did in fact believe our testimony.16

9	tn Grk “at the revelation of the Lord Jesus.”
10	tn Grk “angels of power,” translated as an attributive genitive.
11	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.
12	sn An allusion to Jer 10:25, possibly also to Ps 79:6 and Isa 66:15.
13	tn Grk “who,” describing the people mentioned in v. 8. A new sentence was started here in the translation by replacing the relative pronoun with a personal pronoun.
14	tn Or “power,” or “might.” The construction can also be translated as an attributed genitive: “from his glorious strength” (cf. TEV “glorious might”; CEV “glorious strength”; NLT “glorious power”). sn An allusion to Isa 2:10, 19, 21.
15	tn Or “marveled at.”
16	tn Grk “because our testimony to you was believed.”