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Rest with us (anesin meth' hēmōn). Let up, release. Old word from aniēmi, from troubles here (2Co 2:13; 2Co 7:5; 2Co 8:13), and hereafter as in this verse. Vivid word. They shared suffering with Paul (2Th 1:5) and so they will share (meth') the rest.
At the revelation of the Lord Jesus (en tēi apokalupsei tou Kuriou Iēsou). Here the Parousia (1Th 2:19; 1Th 3:13; 1Th 5:23) is pictured as a Revelation (Un-veiling, apȯkalupsis) of the Messiah as in 1Co 1:7, 1Pe 1:7, 1Pe 1:13 (cf. Luk 17:30). At this Unveiling of the Messiah there will come the recompense (2Th 1:6) to the persecutors and the rest from the persecutions. This Revelation will be from heaven (ap' ouranou) as to place and with the angels of his power (met' aggelōn dunameōs autou) as the retinue and in flaming fire (en puri phlogos, in a fire of flame, fire characterized by flame). In Act 7:30 the text is flame of fire where puros is genitive (like Isa 66:15) rather than phlogos as here (Exo 3:2).