2 Thessalonians 1

Treated in 28 passages across the library.

  • 1:9 They will pay the penalty of eternal destruction, cut off from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his power, 7
  • 1:7 and to give rest to you who suffer, as to us also, when the Lord Jesus appears from heaven with his mighty angels 6
  • 1:6 For it is right for God to repay with suffering those who make you suffer, 4
  • 1:8 in a blaze of fire, bringing punishment on those who do not know God and on those who refuse to obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus. 4
  • 1:3 We are bound to thank God for you at all times, brothers and sisters, and rightly so, because your faith is growing beyond measure and the love every one of you has for the others keeps increasing. 3
  • 1:10 on that day when he comes to be glorified among his holy people and marveled at by all who believed. And you are among those believers, for when we bore witness to you, you believed it. 3
  • 1:11 With this in view we pray for you constantly. We ask our God to count you worthy of the life he called you to, and by his power to fulfill every good desire you have and every work your faith takes on. 2
  • 1:1 From Paul, Silvanus and Timothy, to the church of the Thessalonians, which belongs to God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. 1
  • 1:2 Grace and peace to you from God the Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ. 1
  • 1:4 So we ourselves speak proudly of you among the churches of God, because of your endurance and faith in all the persecutions and troubles you are bearing. 1
  • 1:12 Then the name of our Lord Jesus will be honored in you, and you will be honored in him, by the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ. 1

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  1. Real Questions – Book 1 · Ochorus Originals

    Is Hell Real, and Is It Fair? cites 2 Thessalonians 1:9

    …hell is being “separated from the presence of the Lord and the glory of His might” (2 Thessalonians 1:9). Every good thing, whether love, light, beauty, friendship or joy, comes from God. Hell…

  2. A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections · Jonathan Edwards

    XII. Nothing can be certainly concluded concerning the nature of religious affections, that any are the subjects of, from this, that the outward manifestations of them, and the relation persons give of them, are very affecting and pleasing to the truly godly, and such as greatly gain their charity, cites 2 Thess. 1:1

    …that day, and an intimate companion of the apostles. See 2 Cor. 1:19, 1 Thess. 1:1, and 2 Thess. 1:1.

  3. Institutes of the Christian Religion · John Calvin

    Book 3, Chapter 2 — Of Faith cites 2 Thess. 1:2

    …and fulfill all the good pleasure of his goodness, and the work of faith with power,” (2 Thess. 1:2). Here, by designating faith the work of God, and distinguishing it by way of epithet…

  4. The Ministry of Intercession · Andrew Murray

    Paul a Pattern of Prayer cites 2 Thess. i. 3

    …and day praying exceedingly that we might perfect that which is lacking in your faith.” 2 Thess. i. 3: “We are bound to thank God always for you. Wherefore also we always pray for you.” 2…

  5. Holiness · J. C. Ryle

    Growth cites 2 Thess. i. 3

    …ought to be exhorted to “grow.”—What says St. Paul? “Your faith groweth exceedingly.” (2 Thess. i. 3) “We beseech you that ye increase more and more.” (1 Thess. iv. 10.) “Increasing in the…

  6. A Body of Divinity · Thomas Watson

    Growth in Grace cites 2 Thess 1:3

    …as in the dropsy; but faith cannot grow too great. ‘Your faith groweth exceedingly.’ 2 Thess 1:3. Here was exceeding, yet not excess. As a man cannot have too much health, so not too…

  7. A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections · Jonathan Edwards

    Part I. Concerning the nature of the affections and their importance in religion cites 2 Thess. 1:4

    …he speaks of the triumphs of his soul, 2 Cor. 2:14, and of his glorying in tribulation,” 2 Thess. 1:4, and Rom. 5:3. He also expresses the affection of hope; in Phil. 1:20, he speaks of his…

  8. Communion with God · John Owen

    Digression II: all solid wisdom laid up in Christ cites 2 Thess. i. 6

    …i. 32; that “it is a righteous thing with him to recompense tribulation unto offenders,” 2 Thess. i. 6. He is “a God of purer eyes than to behold evil,” Hab. i. 13; and therefore, “the ungodly…

  9. Communion with God · John Owen

    Other consequential affections cites 2 Thess. i. 6

    …In eternal vengeance will he plead with the adversaries of his beloved, Matt. xxv. 41–46; 2 Thess. i. 6; Jude 15. It is hence evident that Christ abounds in pity and compassion towards his…

  10. Institutes of the Christian Religion · John Calvin

    Book 3, Chapter 9 — Of Meditating on the Future Life cites 2 Thess. 1:6

    …you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven,” (2 Thess. 1:6, 7). This, indeed, is our only consolation; deprived of it, we must either give way to…

  11. The Ten Commandments · Thomas Watson

    Obedience cites 2 Thess 1: 7

    …his mighty angels, in flaming fire, taking vengeance on them that obey not the gospel.’ 2 Thess 1: 7, 8. He who refuses to obey God’s will in commanding, shall be sure to obey his will in…

  12. How to Bring Men to Christ · R. A. Torrey

    Dealing with Professed Skeptics and Infidels cites 2 Thes. i. 7

    …be guarded in its use, using it only when it can be done with earnestness and tenderness. 2 Thes. i. 7, 8 can also be used with good results. 2. Serious minded skeptics. There is a large class…

  13. How to Bring Men to Christ · R. A. Torrey

    Dealing with the Indifferent or Careless cites 2 Thes. i. 7

    …decisive question, “Are you willing to go away with the wrath of God abiding upon you?” 2 Thes. i. 7‒9, and John viii. 24; Rev. xx. 15; xxi. 8; xiv. 10‒11, set forth in a most impressive way…

  14. Lectures to My Students · Charles H. Spurgeon

    The Call to the Ministry cites 2 Thess. i. 7

    …grace that is in Christ Jesus.' Being thus sent forth, he preached in the afternoon from 2 Thess. i. 7, 8. 'May the Lord bless him, and grant him great success!'” (Biographical Recollections…

  15. A Call to the Unconverted · Richard Baxter

    Preface cites 2 Thess. i. 7

    …Christ, his coming will be glorified in his saints, and admired in all true believers, 2 Thess. i. 7, 8, 9, 10. And for the rest, as God the Father vouchsafed to create them, and God the Son…

  16. The Ten Commandments · Thomas Watson

    2.2 The Second Commandment cites 2 Thess 1: 8

    …26: 15, 16. Christ comes in flames of fire, to take vengeance on them that obey not God. 2 Thess 1: 8. God has iron chains to hold those who break the golden chain of his commands; chains of…

  17. Holiness · J. C. Ryle

    Without Christ cites 2 Thess. i. 8

    …the wicked, on whom God shall take vengeance at the last day, that they “know not God.” (2 Thess. i. 8.) An unknown Christ is no Saviour. What shall be the state of the heathen after…

  18. The Key Teachings of George MacDonald · Ochorus Originals

    The Consuming Fire cites 2 THESSALONIANS 1:9

    …everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power. 2 THESSALONIANS 1:9 The second follows from the first. Because MacDonald believed that all of God’s dealings…

  19. Practical Religion · J. C. Ryle

    Eternity! cites 2 Thess. i. 9

    …the very Apostle who says, the wicked "shall be punished with everlasting destruction." (2 Thess. i. 9.)—Who does not know the spirit of love which runs through all St. John's Gospel and…

  20. The Key Teachings of R. A. Torrey · Ochorus Originals

    Is Future Punishment Everlasting? cites 2 THESSALONIANS 1:9

    …everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power. 2 THESSALONIANS 1:9 Tried to escape it The most striking passage in the sermon is a personal one. “Time and…

  21. Institutes of the Christian Religion · John Calvin

    Book 3, Chapter 25 — Of the Last Resurrection cites 2 Thess. 1:9

    …everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power,” (2 Thess. 1:9). And whenever the prophets strike terror by means of corporeal figures, although in…

  22. The Bruised Reed · Richard Sibbes

    Christ's government shall be openly victorious cites 2 Thes. i. 10

    …in regard of his body the church, but will come ere long to be glorious in his saints, 2 Thes. i. 10, and not lose the clear manifestation of any of his attributes ; and will declare to all…

  23. The Mortification of Sin in Believers · John Owen

    The Spirit is the only author of this work cites 2 Thess. i. 11

    …ii. 13; he works “all our works in us,” Isa. xxvi. 12, — “the work of faith with power,” 2 Thess. i. 11, Col. ii. 12; he causes us to pray, and is a “Spirit of supplication,” Rom. viii. 26…

  24. Institutes of the Christian Religion · John Calvin

    Book 2, Chapter 5 — The Arguments Usually Alleged in Support of Free Will Refuted cites 2 Thess. 1:11

    …and fulfil all the good pleasure of his goodness, and the work of faith with power,” (2 Thess. 1:11). In the same way, in the Second Epistle to the Corinthians, when treating of alms, he…

  25. Abide in Christ · Andrew Murray

    As Christ in the Father cites 2 Thess. i. 12

    …glory on us: As the name of our Lord Jesus is glorified in us, we are glorified in Him) (2 Thess. i. 12). He acknowledges us as His true and worthy representatives; He entrusts us with His…

  26. Institutes of the Christian Religion · John Calvin

    Book 3, Chapter 18 — The Righteousness of Works Improperly Inferred from Rewards cites 2 Thess. 1:6-7

    …rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels,” (2 Thess. 1:6-7). The author of the Epistle to the Hebrews says, “God is not unrighteous to forget your…

  27. The Pilgrim's Progress · John Bunyan

    The Second Stage cites 2 Thess. 1:8-10

    …the judge and the prisoners at the bar. 1 Cor. 15; 1 Thess. 4:16; Jude 15; John 5: 28,29; 2 Thess. 1:8-10; Rev. 20:11-14; Isa. 26:21; Micah 7:16,17; Psa. 5:4; 50:1-3; Mal. 3:2,3; Dan. 7:9,10. I…

  28. Holiness · J. C. Ryle

    Extracts from Old Writers cites 2 Thess. i. 8-10

    …own souls; holiness is of absolute necessity; without it you shall never see the Lord. (2 Thess. i. 8-10.) It is not absolutely necessary that you should be great or rich in the world; but it is…