2 Thessalonians 1:7-8

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  1:8 With flaming fire he will mete out ³  punishment on those who do not know God ⁴  and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.

2 Thessalonians 3:1

Request for Prayer

3:1 Finally, pray for us, brothers and sisters, ⁵  that the Lord’s message ⁶  may spread quickly and be honored ⁷  as in fact it was among you,

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

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

³ 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.

⁴ sn An allusion to Jer 10:25, possibly also to Ps 79:6 and Isa 66:15.

⁵ tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:3.

⁶ tn Or “the word of the Lord.”

⁷ tn Grk “may run and be glorified.”