¹⁵ Truly I say to you, ^(A)it will be more tolerable for the land of ^(B)Sodom and Gomorrah on ^(C)the day of judgment, than for that city.

^8 (A)who will also ^[a]confirm you to the end, blameless on ^(B)the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.

⁷ and to give relief to you who are afflicted, along with us, ^[a](A)when the Lord Jesus will be revealed ^(B)from heaven ^(C)with ^[b]His mighty angels ^8 (D)in flaming fire, dealing out retribution to those who ^(E)do not know God, and to those who ^(F)do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus. ⁹ These people will pay the penalty of ^(G)eternal destruction, ^(H)away from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of His power, ¹⁰ when He comes to be ^(I)glorified among His ^[c]saints on that ^(J)day, and to be marveled at among all who have believed—because our ^(K)testimony to you was believed.

¹² For this reason I also suffer these things; but ^(A)I am not ashamed, for I know ^(B)whom I have believed, and I am convinced that He is able to ^(C)protect what I have entrusted to Him ^[a]until ^(D)that day.

¹⁸ the Lord grant to him to find mercy from the Lord on ^(A)that day—and you know very well what services he rendered at ^(B)Ephesus.