For our gospel did not come to you in word only, but also in power, in the Holy Spirit, and with much assurance. You know what kind of men we were among you for your benefit,

This is why we constantly thank God, because when you received the message about God that you heard from us, you welcomed it not as a human message, but as it truly is, the message of God, which also works effectively in you believers.

Finally, brothers, pray for us that the Lord’s message may spread rapidly and be honored, just as it was with you,

Because

You have given a signal flag to those who fear You,
so that they can flee before the archers.

Selah

for the law was given through Moses,
grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.

Jesus told him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.

Meekness

Rejoice greatly, Daughter Zion!
Shout in triumph, Daughter Jerusalem!
Look, your King is coming to you;
He is righteous and victorious,
humble and riding on a donkey,
on a colt, the foal of a donkey.

All of you, take up My yoke and learn from Me, because I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for yourselves.

He will not argue or shout,
and no one will hear His voice in the streets.

Now I, Paul, make a personal appeal to you by the gentleness and graciousness of Christ—I who am humble among you in person but bold toward you when absent.

Right

You will break them with a rod of iron;
You will shatter them like pottery.”

Your hand will capture all your enemies;
your right hand will seize those who hate you.

You answer us in righteousness,
with awe-inspiring works,
God of our salvation,
the hope of all the ends of the earth
and of the distant seas.

The Lord is at Your right hand;
He will crush kings on the day of His anger.

He put on righteousness like a breastplate,
and a helmet of salvation on His head;
He put on garments of vengeance for clothing,
and He wrapped Himself in zeal as in a cloak.

Who is this coming from Edom
in crimson-stained garments from Bozrah—
this One who is splendid in His apparel,
rising up proudly in His great might?

It is I, proclaiming vindication,
powerful to save.

But bring here these enemies of mine, who did not want me to rule over them, and slaughter them in my presence.’”

taking vengeance with flaming fire on those who don’t know God and on those who don’t obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.

And they said to the mountains and to the rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of the One seated on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb,

The nations were angry,
but Your wrath has come.
The time has come
for the dead to be judged
and to give the reward
to Your servants the prophets,
to the saints, and to those who fear Your name,
both small and great,
and the time has come to destroy
those who destroy the earth.

Then I saw an angel standing on the sun, and he cried out in a loud voice, saying to all the birds flying high overhead, “Come, gather together for the great supper of God,

And anyone not found written in the book of life was thrown into the lake of fire.

General references

I—I have spoken;
yes, I have called him;
I have brought him,
and he will succeed in his mission.

For He must reign until He puts all His enemies under His feet.