2 Thessalonians 1:7

1:7 and to you who are being afflicted to give rest together with us when the Lord Jesus is revealed ¹  from heaven with his mighty angels. ² 

2 Thessalonians 1:3

Thanksgiving

1:3 We ought to thank God always for you, brothers and sisters, ³  and rightly so, ⁴  because your faith flourishes more and more and the love of each one of you all for one another is ever greater.

2 Thessalonians 1:6

1:6 For it is right ⁵  for God to repay with affliction those who afflict you,

2 Thessalonians 1:8

1:8 With flaming fire he will mete out ⁶  punishment on those who do not know God ⁷  and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.

¹ tn Grk “at the revelation of the Lord Jesus.”

² tn Grk “angels of power,” translated as an attributive genitive.

³ tn Grk “brothers,” but the Greek word may be used for “brothers and sisters” or “fellow Christians” as here (cf. BDAG 18 s.v. ἀδελφός 1, where considerable nonbiblical evidence for the plural ἀδελφοί [adelfoi] meaning “brothers and sisters” is cited).

⁴ tn Grk “as is worthy.”

⁵ tn Grk “if in fact/since,” as a continuation of the preceding.

⁷ 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.

⁸ sn An allusion to Jer 10:25, possibly also to Ps 79:6 and Isa 66:15.