[a]For it is a righteous thing with God, to recompense tribulation to them that trouble you,

And to you which are troubled, rest [b]with us, (A)[c]when the Lord Jesus shall show himself from heaven with his mighty Angels,

In flaming fire, rendering vengeance unto them, [d]that do not know God, and which obey not unto the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ,

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Thessalonians 1:6 A proof: God is just, therefore he will worthily punish the unjust, and will do away the miseries of his people.
  2. 2 Thessalonians 1:7 He confirmeth them also by the way, by this means, that the condition both of this present state and the state to come, is common to him with them.
  3. 2 Thessalonians 1:7 A most glorious description of the second coming of Christ, to be set against all the miseries of the godly, and the triumphs of the wicked.
  4. 2 Thessalonians 1:8 There is no knowledge of God unto salvation, without the Gospel of Christ.

God is just:(A) He will pay back trouble to those who trouble you(B) and give relief to you who are troubled, and to us as well. This will happen when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven(C) in blazing fire(D) with his powerful angels.(E) He will punish(F) those who do not know God(G) and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.(H)

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