2 Thessalonians 1:8

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2 Thessalonians 1:8

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2 Thessalonians 1:8

In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ:

Flaming

Taking

Revelation 6:10

And that

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Bible References

Flaming

And he drove out Man; and he set the Cherubim, and the flame of the flashing sword, toward the east of the garden of Eden, to guard the way to the tree of life.

And ye came near and stood under the mountain; and the mountain burned with fire to the heart of heaven, with darkness, clouds, and obscurity.

(I stood between Jehovah and you at that time, to declare to you the word of Jehovah; for ye were afraid by reason of the fire, and went not up to the mountain), saying,

Thy hand shall find out all thine enemies; thy right hand shall find out those that hate thee.

Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath shined forth.

A stream of fire issued and came forth from before him; thousand thousands ministered unto him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him: the judgment was set, and the books were opened.

Then shall he say also to those on the left, Go from me, cursed, into eternal fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:

but a certain fearful expectation of judgment, and heat of fire about to devour the adversaries.

For also our God is a consuming fire.

But the present heavens and the earth by his word are laid up in store, kept for fire unto a day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men.

And the devil who deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where are both the beast and the false prophet; and they shall be tormented day and night for the ages of ages.

But to the fearful and unbelieving, and sinners, and those who make themselves abominable, and murderers, and fornicators, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, their part is in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone; which is the second death.

Taking

Vengeance is mine, and recompense, For the time when their foot shall slip. For the day of their calamity is at hand, And the things that shall come upon them make haste.

Thou shalt break them with a sceptre of iron, as a potter's vessel thou shalt dash them in pieces.

O God of vengeances, Jehovah, God of vengeances, shine forth;

to proclaim the acceptable year of Jehovah, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn;

For the day of vengeance was in my heart, and the year of my redeemed had come.

For we know him that said, To me belongs vengeance; I will recompense, saith the Lord: and again, The Lord shall judge his people.

and they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O sovereign Ruler, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell upon the earth?

And that

In thy tribulation, and when all these things shall come upon thee, at the end of days, thou shalt return to Jehovah thy God, and shalt hearken to his voice,

At the hearing of the ear, they obey me: strangers come cringing unto me.

If ye be willing and hearken, ye shall eat the good of the land;

And the word of God increased; and the number of the disciples in Jerusalem was very greatly multiplied, and a great crowd of the priests obeyed the faith.

by whom we have received grace and apostleship in behalf of his name, for obedience of faith among all the nations,

to them who, in patient continuance of good works, seek for glory and honour and incorruptibility, life eternal.

Know ye not that to whom ye yield yourselves bondmen for obedience, ye are bondmen to him whom ye obey, whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?

But they have not all obeyed the glad tidings. For Esaias says, Lord, who has believed our report?

For I will not dare to speak anything of the things which Christ has not wrought by me, for the obedience of the nations, by word and deed,

but which has now been made manifest, and by prophetic scriptures, according to commandment of the eternal God, made known for obedience of faith to all the nations --

overthrowing reasonings and every high thing that lifts itself up against the knowledge of God, and leading captive every thought into the obedience of the Christ;

O senseless Galatians, who has bewitched you; to whom, as before your very eyes, Jesus Christ has been portrayed, crucified among you?

how shall we escape if we have been negligent of so great salvation, which, having had its commencement in being spoken of by the Lord, has been confirmed to us by those who have heard;

and having been perfected, became to all them that obey him, author of eternal salvation;

By faith Abraham, being called, obeyed to go out into the place which he was to receive for an inheritance, and went out, not knowing where he was going.

elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, by sanctification of the Spirit, unto the obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace be multiplied.

as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord; whose children ye have become, doing good, and not fearing with any kind of consternation.

For the time of having the judgment begin from the house of God is come; but if first from us, what shall be the end of those who obey not the glad tidings of God?

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but the transgressors shall be destroyed together; the future of the wicked shall be cut off.

A fire goeth before him, and burneth up his adversaries round about.

For it is the day of Jehovah's vengeance, the year of recompenses for the controversy of Zion.

And I will execute vengeance in anger and in fury upon the nations, such as they have not heard of.

for I hungered, and ye gave me not to eat; I thirsted, and ye gave me not to drink;

and then shall they see the Son of man coming in clouds with great power and glory;

for neither does the Father judge any one, but has given all judgment to the Son;

For also our God is a consuming fire.