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Verse 8. _IN FLAMING FIRE_] εν φλογι πυρος. In _thunder
and_ _lightning, taking vengeance_-inflicting just punishment _on
them_ _that know not God_-the heathen who do not worship the true God,
and wi...
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IN FLAMING FIRE - This is a circumstance which is not noticed in the
account of his appearing in the parallel place in 1 Thessalonians
4:16. The object of the apostle here seems to be to represent him...
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ANALYSIS AND ANNOTATIONS
I. THE REVELATION OF THE LORD JESUS FROM HEAVEN
CHAPTER 1
_ 1. Salutation and thanksgiving (2 Thessalonians 1:1)_
2. The revelation of the Lord Jesus from heaven (2 Thessa...
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Introductory. Thanksgiving for the past and prayer for the future.
Paul thanks God for the growing love of the Thessalonian Christians
and their loyalty under persecution, and prays that they may be
c...
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Paul and Silas and Timothy send this letter to the Church of the
Thessalonians which is in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Brothers, we ought always to thank God for you, as it is fitting,
b...
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LIFT UP YOUR HEARTS (2 Thessalonians 1:1-10)...
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FLAMING FIRE. fire of flame (Greek. _phlo_ x. Here; Luke 16:24.Acts
7:30; Hebrews 1:7; Revelation 1:14;...
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Section II. The Approaching Retribution Ch. 2 Thessalonians 1:5-12
These _vv._contain further reasons for _thanksgiving_on the writer's
part, concluding with a _prayer_that his readers may receive th...
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_in flaming fire_ Lit., FIRE OF FLAME; or, in other copies, FLAME OF
FIRE. "Fire" is a symbol of Divine anger and majesty, in Scripture;
and "flame" is fire in motion, leaping and blazing out. Accordi...
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§ 2. 2 Thessalonians 1:5-12. THE APPROACHING JUDGEMENT
The thought of the recompense awaiting the persecuted Thessalonian
Church and its persecutors, respectively, swells the opening
thanksgiving of t...
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διδους, for ΔΙΔΟΝΤΟΣ, D*G latt.: a _false concord_; cf.
Rev. _passim_, and Papyri.
Χριστου added to ΙΗΣΟΥ by אAG &c.; see note on 1
Thessalonians 2:19.
8. ΔΙΔΌΝΤΟΣ ἘΚΔΊΚΗΣΙΝ ΤΟΙ͂Σ ΜῊ ΕἸΔΌΣΙ
ΘΕΌΝ, _re...
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ΠΫ́Ρ (G4442) огонь,
ΦΛΟΓΌΣ _gen. от_ ΦΛΌΞ (G5395) пламя. Горящий
огонь был символом славы явления
Господа и мог быть ссылкой на суд (Best;
Lightfoot, Notes; von Dobschiitz; BBC),
ΔΊΔΟΝΤΟΣ _praes. a...
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DISCOURSE: 2211
CHRIST’S COMING TO JUDGE THE WORLD
2 Thessalonians 1:7. The Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with
his mighty angels, in flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know
not God,...
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TEXT (2 Thessalonians 1:8)
8 RENDERING VENGEANCE TO THEM THAT KNOW NOT GOD, AND TO THEM THAT OBEY
NOT THE GOSPEL OF OUR LORD JESUS:
Translation and Paraphrase
8.
(For He shall be revealed) in fla...
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In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that
obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ:
IN FLAMING FIRE - Greek 'In (encompassed with) flame of fire ' B
Delta G g Vulgate...
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While Silvanus and Timothy are associated with Paul in this
salutation, the epistle is practically by Paul himself and its
genuineness is attested at the close by Paul's own signature
(2Th_3:17).
THA...
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TAKING VENGEANCE] better, 'awarding retribution.' THEM THAT KNOW NOT
GOD, AND THAT OBEY NOT] better, (1) 'them that know not, and (2) them
that obey not. 'Possibly (1) Gentiles and (2) Jews....
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SALUTATIONS. THE SECOND ADVENT
1-4. Greeting and thanksgiving for their constant faith and love and
patience under persecution: cp. 1 Thessalonians 1:3.
5-C. 2 THESSALONIANS 2:17. The Coming of Chri...
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THE *LORD HAS NOT COME YET
2 THE THESSALONIANS
_IAN MACKERVOY_
ABOUT THE LETTER
1 THE WRITERS
Like 1 Thessalonians, this letter is from Paul, Silas and Timothy.
The writer of this letter used th...
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IN FLAMING FIRE. — Most critics agree to change the punctuation
here, by omitting the comma after “angels” and inserting it after
“fire.” The flaming fire here is not the instrument of the
vengeance —...
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CHAPTER 18
SUFFERING AND GLORY
2 Thessalonians 1:5 (R.V.)
IN the preceding verses of this chapter, as in the opening of the
First Epistle, the Apostle has spoken of the afflictions of the
Thessaloni...
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_Those who know not God_ are of course not pagans as such but immoral
pagans, in the sense of Romans 1:28 f. _Those who refuse obedience to
the gospel_ are, as the repetition of the article suggests,...
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The address (2 Thessalonians 1:1-2) is followed first by a
thanksgiving (2 Thessalonians 1:3-10) which passes into a prophetic
piece of consolation, and then by a brief prayer (2 T
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FAITHFUL THROUGH FAITH IN A RIGHTEOUS GOD
2 Thessalonians 1:1
Notice the remarkable couplets of this chapter. Grace and peace, 2
Thessalonians 1:2; faith and love, 2 Thessalonians 1:3
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Evidently, this letter was intended primarily to correct certain
mistakes which the Thessalonians were making concerning the Second
Advent. They were failing to distinguish between the two phases, the...
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PUNISHMENT
The apostle said Jesus would come in flaming fire and take
"vengeance," which is from the same root as "righteous" in verses 5
and 6. The punishment for wrongs committed against God and man...
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In flaming fire taking vengeance on them (6) that know not God, and
that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ:
(6) There is no knowledge of God to salvation, without the Gospel of
Christ....
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(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 no...
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The second epistle takes up another difficulty. It was written in view
of another abuse of the truth of the Lord's coming a danger that
threatened the saints. As the first epistle was intended to guar...
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8_Who will inflict vengeance_. That he may the better persuade
believers that the persecutions which they endure will not go
unpunished, he teaches that this also involves the interests of God
himself...
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In the Second Epistle to the Thessalonians, the apostle corrects some
errors into which these disciples had fallen with regard to the day of
the Lord through certain false teachers; as in part of the...
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IN FLAMING FIRE,.... Which may either refer to Christ, who will be
revealed from heaven in such a manner; and whose coming will be as the
lightning, not only sudden, but glorious, illustrious, and vis...
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In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that
obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ:
Ver. 8. _In flaming fire_] Natural fire, 2 Peter 3:6,7, whereby the
elements shall m...
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_Seeing it is a righteous thing_ However men may judge of it; _with
God_ To whom _belongeth vengeance_, (Romans 12:19,) and who _will
avenge his elect that cry unto him day and night; to recompense
tr...
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The prosperity, injustice, and cruelty of the wicked, and the
adversity, meekness, patience, and submission of the righteous, show
that men are not in this world treated according to their character;...
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PAUL'S PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING AND INTERCESSION.
A prayer of thanksgiving for steadfastness in the midst of
afflictions:...
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IN FLAMING FIRE TAKING VENGEANCE ON THEM THAT KNOW NOT GOD, AND THAT
OBEY NOT THE GOSPEL OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST;...
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(V. 1) Again, the same brotherly character of address is used as in
the first epistle. The threatened dangers to the Thessalonians did not
change this, except in the use of the more gentle expression...
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Vengeance belongs to God, not man. Daniel 7:13-14 teaches that Jesus
will be given a kingdom, dominion and authority to execute judgment.
"Vengenace" does not indicate a vindictive spirit of retaliati...
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TAKING:
Or, yielding...
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“RENDERING VENGEANCE TO THEM THAT KNOW NOT GOD, AND TO THEM THAT
OBEY NOT THE GOSPEL OF OUR LORD JESUS”
“Rendering vengeance”: “Lit., ‘out of justice or
righteousness', indicating this is not out of...
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5-10 Religion, if worth anything, is worth every thing; and those
have no religion, or none worth having, or know not how to value it,
cannot find their hearts to suffer for it. We cannot by all our...
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But his coming will be upon another account to many others, which is
said here to be to take vengeance, for which purpose he is said to be
revealed _with his mighty angels, _ or angels of might; and e...
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rendering vengeance to them that know not God, and to them that obey
not the gospel of our Lord Jesus [The patience and faith of the
Thessalonians were a manifest token (i. e., pledge, proof or
demons...
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Tertullian Against Marcion Book V
For as the apostle declares that the Lord will come "to take vengeance
on them that know not God and that obey not the gospel, who," he says,
"shall be punished with...
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2 Thessalonians 1:8 in G1722 flaming G5395 fire G4442 taking G1325
(G5723) vengeance G1557 do G1492 not G33
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‘And to you who are afflicted rest with us at the revelation of the
Lord Jesus from Heaven, with the angels of his power, in flaming fire,
rendering vengeance to those who do not know God, and to thos...
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2 Thessalonians 1:8. IN FLAMING FIRE. This accompaniment of the
revelation of Jesus Christ is the same which under the Old Testament
symbolized the majesty and holiness of God. See the references. The...
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_Salutation Thanksgiving for the Faith of the Thessalonian Church
under Persecution, Assurance of Compensation, and Prayer for the
perfecting of their Faith._
Paul informs the Thessalonians of the emo...
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RENDERING
(διδοντος). Genitive of present active participle of
διδωμ, to give, agreeing with Ιησου.VENGEANCE
(εκδικησιν). Late word from εκδικεω, to vindicate, in
Polybius and LXX.TO THEM THAT KN...
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2 Thessalonians 1:7
The rest awaiting Christ's troubled saints is in the fullest sense to
be their possession at the revelation of the Lord Jesus. He who is
emphatically the coming One is to be revea...
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2 Thessalonians 1:1. _Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, unto the
church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus
Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord
J...
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2 Thessalonians 1:1. _Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, unto the
church of the Thessalonians_
Paul loved to associate his fellow-workers with himself when writing
to his brethren and sisters in Chri...
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CONTENTS: Believer's comfort in persecution.
CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Paul, Silvanus, Timothy.
CONCLUSION: The patient suffering of believers for Christ's sake, is a
manifest token that they are wor...
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2 Thessalonians 1:1. _Paul, and Silvanus,_ [the Roman name of Silas]
_and Timotheus, to the church of the Thessalonians, in God our Father
and the Lord Jesus Christ._ The inscription is the same as in...
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_In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God and obey
not the gospel _
CHRIST’S COMING
I. The terrible manner of Christ’s coming. “In flaming fire,”
which serves--
1. To set forth the...
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_When the Lord Jesus Christ shall be revealed from heaven--This
passage both consolatory and doctrinal--consolation designed for a
persecuted Church--instruction for the world._
Our subject: the gene...
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2 THESSALONIANS—NOTE ON 2 THESSALONIANS 1:8 IN FLAMING FIRE. See
Isaiah 66:15....
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2 THESSALONIANS 1:3 Thanksgiving and Comfort for the Persecuted
Thessalonians. In Greek, vv. 2 Thessalonians 1:3 are one long
sentence expressing Paul’s gratefulness and words of encouragement
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_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_
2 Thessalonians 1:8. IN FLAMING FIRE.—Lit. “in a fire of flame.”
“Fire is a symbol of divine anger and majesty in Scripture; and
flame is fire in motion, leaping and b...
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EXPOSITION
CONTENTS.—Paul, after the address and salutation, commences this
Epistle by rendering thanks to God for the welcome intelligence he had
received of the increase of the faith and love of his...
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Paul had come to Thessalonica with the gospel of Jesus Christ from
Philippi where, as the result of his preaching, he had been
imprisoned, beaten and really ordered out of the city. There in
Thessalon...
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1 Corinthians 15:34; 1 Peter 1:2; 1 Peter 3:6; 1 Peter 4:17; 1 Sam
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In flaming fire [ε ν π υ ρ ι φ λ ο γ ο ς]. Lit. in a fire
of flame. Comp. 1 Corinthians 1:13; 2 Peter 3:7.
Taking vengeance [δ ι δ ο ν τ ο ς ε κ δ ι κ η σ ι ν].
Lit. giving or rendering. Vengeance is...
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Taking vengeance — Does God barely permit this, or (as "the Lord"
once "rained brimstone and fire from the Lord out of heaven," Genesis
19:24) does a fiery stream go forth from him for ever? Who know...