2 Thessalonians 1:9
who will pay the penalty: eternal destruction from the face of the Lord and from the glory of his might,
World English Bible British with Deuterocanon
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In Context
8punishing those who don’t know God, and to those who don’t obey the Good News of our Lord Jesus,
Cross References
Genesis 4:16Cain left the LORD’s presence, and lived in the land of Nod, east of Eden.
Job 21:14They tell God, ‘Depart from us, for we don’t want to know about your ways.
Psalms 16:11You will show me the path of life. In your presence is fullness of joy. In your right hand there are pleasures forever more.
Isaiah 2:10Enter into the rock, and hide in the dust, from before the terror of the LORD, and from the glory of his majesty.
Isaiah 2:21to go into the caverns of the rocks, and into the clefts of the ragged rocks, from before the terror of the LORD, and from the glory of his majesty, when he arises to shake the earth mightily.
Isaiah 66:24“They will go out, and look at the dead bodies of the men who have transgressed against me; for their worm will not die, nor will their fire be quenched, and they will be loathsome to all mankind.”
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 →