1 tn Grk “if in fact/since,” as a continuation of the preceding.
2 tn Grk “at the revelation of the Lord Jesus.”
3 tn Grk “angels of power,” translated as an attributive genitive.
4 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.
5 sn An allusion to Jer 10:25, possibly also to Ps 79:6 and Isa 66:15.