2 Thessalonians 1:8

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

in a fiery flame, inflicting vengeance on those who do not know God and on those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.

Cross References

Genesis 3:24

He drove out the humans, and at the east of the garden of Eden he placed the cherubim and a sword flaming and turning to guard the way to the tree of life.

2 Samuel 23:7

to touch them one uses an iron bar or the shaft of a spear. And they are entirely consumed in fire on the spot.

Psalm 18:44

As soon as they heard of me, they obeyed me; foreigners came cringing to me.

Psalm 79:6

Pour out your anger on the nations that do not know you and on the kingdoms that do not call on your name.

Psalm 9:10

And those who know your name put their trust in you, for you, O Lord, have not forsaken those who seek you.

Psalm 94:1

O Lord, you God of vengeance, you God of vengeance, shine forth!

Exodus 5:2

But Pharaoh said, “Who is the Lord, that I should listen to him and let Israel go? I do not know the Lord, and I will not let Israel go.”

Isaiah 1:19

If you are willing and obedient, you shall eat the good of the land,

Isaiah 1:28

But rebels and sinners shall be destroyed together, and those who forsake the Lord shall be consumed.

Isaiah 27:11

When its boughs are dry, they are broken; women come and make a fire of them. For this is a people without understanding; therefore he who made them will not have compassion on them; he who formed them will show them no favor.

Isaiah 61:2

to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor and the day of vengeance of our God, to comfort all who mourn,

Jeremiah 10:25

Pour out your wrath on the nations that do not know you and on the peoples that do not call on your name, for they have devoured Jacob; they have devoured him and consumed him and have laid waste his habitation.

Jeremiah 9:6

Oppression upon oppression, deceit upon deceit! They refuse to know me, says the Lord.

Daniel 7:10

A stream of fire issued and flowed out from his presence. A thousand thousands served him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood attending him. The court sat in judgment, and the books were opened.

Zephaniah 1:6

those who have turned back from following the Lord, who have not sought the Lord or inquired of him.

Matthew 25:41

Then he will say to those at his left hand, ‘You who are accursed, depart from me into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels,

Matthew 25:46

And these will go away into eternal punishment but the righteous into eternal life.”

John 3:19

And this is the judgment, that the light has come into the world, and people loved darkness rather than light because their deeds were evil.

John 8:19

Then they said to him, “Where is your Father?” Jesus answered, “You know neither me nor my Father. If you knew me, you would know my Father also.”

Acts 6:7

The word of God continued to spread; the number of the disciples increased greatly in Jerusalem, and a great many of the priests became obedient to the faith.

Romans 1:28

And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God gave them over to an unfit mind and to do things that should not be done.

Romans 1:5

through whom we have received grace and apostleship to bring about the obedience of faith among all the gentiles for the sake of his name,

Romans 10:16

But not all have obeyed the good news, for Isaiah says, “Lord, who has believed our message?”

Romans 15:18

For I will not be so bold as to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me to win obedience from the gentiles, by word and deed,

Romans 16:26

but is now disclosed and through the prophetic writings is made known to all the gentiles, according to the command of the eternal God, to bring about the obedience of faith—

Romans 6:16

Do you not know that, if you present yourselves to anyone as obedient slaves, you are slaves of the one whom you obey, either of sin, which leads to death, or of obedience, which leads to righteousness?

1 Corinthians 15:34

Sober up, as you rightly ought to, and sin no more, for some people have no knowledge of God. I say this to your shame.

2 Corinthians 10:5

and every proud obstacle raised up against the knowledge of God, and we take every thought captive to obey Christ.

Galatians 3:1

You foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you? It was before your eyes that Jesus Christ was publicly exhibited as crucified!

Galatians 4:8

Formerly, when you did not know God, you were enslaved to beings that by nature are not gods.

Deuteronomy 32:35

for the day of vengeance and recompense, for the time when their foot shall slip? Because the day of their calamity is at hand; their doom comes swiftly.

Deuteronomy 4:11

you approached and stood at the foot of the mountain while the mountain was blazing up to the very heavens, shrouded in dark clouds.

Deuteronomy 4:30

In your distress, when all these things have happened to you in time to come, you will return to the Lord your God and heed him.

Deuteronomy 5:5

(At that time I was standing between the Lord and you to declare to you the word of the Lord, for you were afraid because of the fire and did not go up the mountain.) And he said:

1 Thessalonians 4:5

not with lustful passion, like the gentiles who do not know God;

Hebrews 10:27

but a fearful prospect of judgment and a fury of fire that will consume the adversaries.

Hebrews 10:30

For we know the one who said, “Vengeance is mine; I will repay.” And again, “The Lord will judge his people.”

Hebrews 11:8

By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to set out for a place that he was to receive as an inheritance, and he set out, not knowing where he was going.

Hebrews 12:29

for indeed our God is a consuming fire.

Hebrews 2:3

how will we escape if we neglect so great a salvation? It was declared at first through the Lord, and it was confirmed for us by those who heard him,

Hebrews 5:9

and having been made perfect, he became the source of eternal salvation for all who obey him,

1 Peter 1:2

who have been chosen and destined by God the Father and sanctified by the Spirit to be obedient to Jesus Christ and to be sprinkled with his blood: May grace and peace be yours in abundance.

1 Peter 3:6

Thus Sarah obeyed Abraham and called him lord. You have become her daughters as long as you do what is good and never let fears alarm you.

1 Peter 4:17

For the time has come for judgment to begin with the household of God; if it begins with us, what will be the end for those who do not obey the gospel of God?

2 Peter 3:7

But by the same word the present heavens and earth have been reserved for fire, being kept until the day of judgment and destruction of the godless.

Jude 1:7

Likewise, Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding cities, which, in the same manner as they, indulged in sexual immorality and pursued unnatural lust, serve as an example by undergoing a punishment of eternal fire.

Revelation 20:10

And the devil who had deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur, where the beast and the false prophet were, and they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.

Revelation 21:8

But as for the cowardly, the faithless, the polluted, the murderers, the sexually immoral, the sorcerers, the idolaters, and all liars, their place will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death.”

Revelation 6:10

they cried out with a loud voice, “Sovereign Lord, holy and true, how long will it be before you judge and avenge our blood on the inhabitants of the earth?”

1 Samuel 2:12

Now the sons of Eli were scoundrels; they had no regard for the Lord