2 Thessalonians 1:8-12

1:8 With flaming fire he will mete out ¹  punishment on those who do not know God ²  and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus. 1:9 They ³  will undergo the penalty of eternal destruction, away from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his strength, ⁴  1:10 when he comes to be glorified among his saints and admired ⁵  on that day among all who have believed – and you did in fact believe our testimony. ⁶  1:11 And in this regard we pray for you always, that our God will make you worthy of his calling ⁷  and fulfill by his power your every desire for goodness and every work of faith, 1:12 that the name of our Lord Jesus may be glorified in you, and you in him, according to ⁸  the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.

¹ 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.

² sn An allusion to Jer 10:25, possibly also to Ps 79:6 and Isa 66:15.

³ 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.

⁴ 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”).

⁵ tn Or “marveled at.”

⁶ tn Grk “because our testimony to you was believed.”

⁷ tn Or “your calling.”

⁸ tn Or “by means of.”