2 Thessalonians 1:8
in flaming fire, rendering vengeance to them that know not God, and to them that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ:
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Exodus 5:2And Pharaoh said, Who is Jehovah, that I should hearken unto his voice to let Israel go? I know not Jehovah, and moreover I will not let Israel go.
Deuteronomy 4:30When thou art in tribulation, and all these things are come upon thee, in the latter days thou shalt return to Jehovah thy God, and hearken unto his voice:
Deuteronomy 32:35Vengeance is mine, and recompense, At the time when their foot shall slide: For the day of their calamity is at hand, And the things that are to come upon them shall make haste.
1 Samuel 2:12Now the sons of Eli were base men; they knew not Jehovah.
Psalms 2:9Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; Thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel.
Psalms 18:44As soon as they hear of me they shall obey me; The foreigners shall submit themselves unto me.
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 →