2 Thessalonians 1:8

New Century Version

Then he will punish those who do not know God and who do not obey the Good News about our Lord Jesus Christ.

Cross References

Genesis 3:24

After God forced humans out of the garden, he placed angels and a sword of fire that flashed around in every direction on its eastern border. This kept people from getting to the tree of life.

2 Samuel 23:7

No one can touch them except with a tool of iron or wood. They will be thrown in the fire and burned where they lie.”

Psalm 18:44

As soon as they hear me, they obey me. Foreigners obey me.

Psalm 79:6

Be angry with the nations that do not know you and with the kingdoms that do not honor you.

Psalm 9:10

Those who know the Lord trust him, because he will not leave those who come to him.

Psalm 94:1

The Lord is a God who punishes. God, show your greatness and punish!

Exodus 5:2

But the king of Egypt said, “Who is the Lord? Why should I obey him and let Israel go? I do not know the Lord, and I will not let Israel go.”

Isaiah 1:19

If you become willing and obey me, you will eat good crops from the land.

Isaiah 1:28

But sinners and those who turn against him will be destroyed; those who have left the Lord will die.

Isaiah 27:11

The limbs will become dry and break off, so women will use them for firewood. The people refuse to understand, so God will not comfort them; their Maker will not be kind to them.

Isaiah 61:2

He has sent me to announce the time when the Lord will show his kindness and the time when our God will punish evil people. He has sent me to comfort all those who are sad

Jeremiah 10:25

Pour out your anger on other nations that do not know you and do not pray to you. Those nations have destroyed the people of Jacob. They have eaten them up completely and destroyed their homeland.

Jeremiah 9:6

Jeremiah, you live in the middle of lies. With their lies the people refuse to know me,” says the Lord.

Daniel 7:10

A river of fire was flowing from in front of him. Many thousands of angels were serving him, and millions of angels stood before him. Court was ready to begin, and the books were opened.

Zephaniah 1:6

and those who turned away from the Lord, and those who quit following the Lord and praying to him for direction.

Matthew 25:41

“Then the King will say to those on his left, ‘Go away from me. You will be punished. Go into the fire that burns forever that was prepared for the devil and his angels.

Matthew 25:46

“These people will go off to be punished forever, but the good people will go to live forever.”

John 3:19

They are judged by this fact: The Light has come into the world, but they did not want light. They wanted darkness, because they were doing evil things.

John 8:19

They asked, “Where is your father?” Jesus answered, “You don’t know me or my Father. If you knew me, you would know my Father, too.”

Acts 6:7

The word of God was continuing to spread. The group of followers in Jerusalem increased, and a great number of the Jewish priests believed and obeyed.

Romans 1:28

People did not think it was important to have a true knowledge of God. So God left them and allowed them to have their own worthless thinking and to do things they should not do.

Romans 1:5

Through Christ, God gave me the special work of an apostle, which was to lead people of all nations to believe and obey. I do this work for him.

Romans 10:16

But not all the Jews accepted the good news. Isaiah said, “Lord, who believed what we told them?”

Romans 15:18

I will not talk about anything except what Christ has done through me in leading those who are not Jews to obey God. They have obeyed God because of what I have said and done,

Romans 16:26

It has been made clear through the writings of the prophets. And by the command of the eternal God it is made known to all nations that they might believe and obey.

Romans 6:16

Surely you know that when you give yourselves like slaves to obey someone, then you are really slaves of that person. The person you obey is your master. You can follow sin, which brings spiritual death, or you can obey God, which makes you right with him.

1 Corinthians 15:34

Come back to your right way of thinking and stop sinning. Some of you do not know God—I say this to shame you.

2 Corinthians 10:5

and every proud thing that raises itself against the knowledge of God. We capture every thought and make it give up and obey Christ.

Galatians 3:1

You people in Galatia were told very clearly about the death of Jesus Christ on the cross. But you were foolish; you let someone trick you.

Galatians 4:8

In the past you did not know God. You were slaves to gods that were not real.

Deuteronomy 32:35

I will punish those who do wrong; I will repay them. Soon their foot will slip, because their day of trouble is near, and their punishment will come quickly.”

Deuteronomy 4:11

When you came and stood at the bottom of the mountain, it blazed with fire that reached to the sky, and black clouds made it very dark.

Deuteronomy 4:30

It will be hard when all these things happen to you. But after that you will come back to the Lord your God and obey him,

Deuteronomy 5:5

(At that time I stood between you and the Lord in order to tell you what the Lord said; you were afraid of the fire, so you would not go up on the mountain.) The Lord said:

1 Thessalonians 4:5

Don’t use your body for sexual sin like the people who do not know God.

Hebrews 10:27

There is nothing but fear in waiting for the judgment and the terrible fire that will destroy all those who live against God.

Hebrews 10:30

We know that God said, “I will punish those who do wrong; I will repay them.” And he also said, “The Lord will judge his people.”

Hebrews 11:8

It was by faith Abraham obeyed God’s call to go to another place God promised to give him. He left his own country, not knowing where he was to go.

Hebrews 12:29

because our God is like a fire that burns things up.

Hebrews 2:3

So surely we also will be punished if we ignore this great salvation. The Lord himself first told about this salvation, and those who heard him testified it was true.

Hebrews 5:9

And because his obedience was perfect, he was able to give eternal salvation to all who obey him.

1 Peter 1:2

God planned long ago to choose you by making you his holy people, which is the Spirit’s work. God wanted you to obey him and to be made clean by the blood of the death of Jesus Christ. Grace and peace be yours more and more.

1 Peter 3:6

Sarah obeyed Abraham, her husband, and called him her master. And you women are true children of Sarah if you always do what is right and are not afraid.

1 Peter 4:17

It is time for judgment to begin with God’s family. And if that judging begins with us, what will happen to those people who do not obey the Good News of God?

2 Peter 3:7

And that same word of God is keeping heaven and earth that we now have in order to be destroyed by fire. They are being kept for the Judgment Day and the destruction of all who are against God.

Jude 1:7

Also remember the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah and the other towns around them. In the same way they were full of sexual sin and people who desired sexual relations that God does not allow. They suffer the punishment of eternal fire, as an example for all to see.

Revelation 20:10

And Satan, who tricked them, was thrown into the lake of burning sulfur with the beast and the false prophet. There they will be punished day and night forever and ever.

Revelation 21:8

But cowards, those who refuse to believe, who do evil things, who kill, who sin sexually, who do evil magic, who worship idols, and who tell lies—all these will have a place in the lake of burning sulfur. This is the second death.”

Revelation 6:10

These souls shouted in a loud voice, “Holy and true Lord, how long until you judge the people of the earth and punish them for killing us?”

1 Samuel 2:12

Now Eli’s sons were evil men; they did not care about the Lord.