2 Thessalonians 1:9

These shall be given the eternal punishment of destruction, apart from the face of the Lord and apart from the glory of his virtue,

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In The King James Version

Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power;

In Context

8granting vindication, by a flame of fire, against those who do not know God and who are not obedient to the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ.

10when he arrives to be glorified in his saints, and to become a wonder in all those who have believed, in that day, because our testimony has been believed by you.

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Cross References

Genesis 4:16And so Cain, departing from the face of the Lord, lived as a fugitive on the earth, toward the eastern region of Eden.

Job 21:14Who has said to God, “Depart from us, for we do not want the knowledge of your ways.

Psalms 16:11They have cast me out, and now they have surrounded me. They have cast their eyes down to the earth.

Isaiah 2:10Enter into the rock, and hide in a ditch in the soil, from the presence of the fear of the Lord, and from the glory of his majesty.

Isaiah 2:21And so he will go into the clefts of the rocks, and into the caverns of stone, from the presence of the dread of the Lord, and from the glory of his majesty, when he will have risen up to strike the earth.

Isaiah 66:24And they will go out, and they will view the carcasses of the men who have transgressed against me. Their worm will not die, and their fire will not be extinguished. And they will be a sight to all flesh even unto revulsion.

Matthew Henry on 2 Thessalonians 1:6-11

Prospect of Persecuted Saints. ( a. d. 52.) 5 Which is a manifest token of the righteous judgment of God, that ye may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which ye also suffer: 6 Seeing it is a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to them that trouble you; 7 And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels, 8 In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ: 9 Who… Read the whole commentary →

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