But unto them that are contentious , and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath,
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Gill's Exposition
Tribulation and anguish,.... These, with the foregoing words, are expressive of the second death, the torments of hell, the worm that never dies, and the fire that is not quenched: which will fall…
Barnes' Notes
Who are contentious - This expression usually denotes those who are of a quarrelsome or litigious disposition; and generally has reference to controversies among people. But here it evidently denotes…
Adam Clarke
But unto them, etc. -
2. He will manifest his indignation, and inflict wrath - punishment, on all who are contentious - who obstinately dispute against the truth, and obey unrighteousness - who act…
In the former chapter the apostle had represented the state of the Gentile world to be as bad and black as the Jews were ready enough to pronounce it. And now, designing to show that the state of the…
Cambridge Bible
contentious Lit. out of partisanship, or factiousness; (the same construction as "of the truth;" Joh 18:37). The phrase implies connexion and attachment; as here, "those who belong to, can be classed…
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