2 THESSALONIANS 1:10 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“When he shall come to be glorified in his saints, and to be admired in all them that believe (because our testimony among you was believed) in that day.”
When he comes on that day to be glorified in his saints and to be marveled at among all who have believed, because our testimony to you was believed — the parousia includes vindication: Christ is 'glorified in his saints' (endoxasthenai en tois hagiois autou), suggesting that believers participate in his eschatological exaltation. Paul's testimony to them proves itself in the great day.
Church Fathers on 2 Thessalonians 1:10
There are many men, who form good hopes not by abstaining from their sins, but by thinking that hell is not so terrible as it is said to be, but milder than what is threatened, and temporary, not eternal; and about this they philosophize much. But I could show from many reasons, and conclude from the very expressions concerning hell, that it is not only not milder, but much more terrible than is threatened. But I do not now intend to discourse concerning these things. For the…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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