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2 Thessalonians 1:10 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 10. 10When 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.
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Role in This Section
Completes the future scene with Christ glorified and admired among believers, including these readers who believed the testimony.
Read It With
- 2 Thessalonians 1:5–10
Read 2 Thessalonians 1:5–10 as a complete movement. Verse 5 interprets the preceding endurance in relation to God's righteous judgment. Verses 6–10 expand that claim as matched affliction and relief at Jesus's revelation, ending with his glorification among believers. Verse 11 begins prayer for the church's present life. God's future righteous judgment will give relief to the afflicted, hold persistent afflicters accountable, and reveal the Lord Jesus in glory; the passage assigns final recompense to God rather than authorizing readers to enact vengeance.
Why It Needs Context
This line performs its stated role only inside 2 Thessalonians 1:5–10; separating it would hide the movement from The writers have thanked God for growing faith, mutual love, and endurance in persecutions and afflictions. to Verses 11–12 pray that God will make the readers worthy of the calling and empower good resolve and faithful work now.
Read 2 Thessalonians 1:5–10 together
Why these verses belong together: A single apocalyptic sentence develops righteous judgment as affliction for afflicters, relief for sufferers, Jesus's revelation, punishment, and glory.
Verse 5. 5 Which is a manifest token of the righteous judgment of God, that ye may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which ye also suffer:
Verse 6. 6 Seeing it is a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to them that trouble you;
Verse 7. 7 And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels,
Verse 8. 8 In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ:
Verse 9. 9 Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power;
Verse 10. 10 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.
Continue in Context
Read the complete section for the connected explanation and how it should shape life. This verse is a doorway into that passage, not a saying that stands alone.
Read 2 Thessalonians 1:5–10 — Future Judgment Promises Relief and Locates Vengeance with GodSources used for this context pointer
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
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Supports: The exact pinned KJV wording and immediate English context for 2 Thessalonians 1:5–10.
Exact location: eBible/CrossWire eng-kjv2006 USFM, source files dated 2026-08-19, 2 Thessalonians 1:5–10; archive and normalized-corpus SHA-256 values are recorded in the library policy.
Open source ↗Greek textual evidence
The Greek New Testament: SBL Edition
Michael W. Holmes, editor; Society of Biblical Literature and Logos
Society of Biblical Literature and Logos Bible Software, 2010
Supports: The critically edited Greek wording, connective structure, lexical forms, and variation markers.
Exact location: Official SBLGNT repository, data/sblgnt/text/2Thess.txt, 2 Thessalonians 1:5–10.
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