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Rendering (didontos). Genitive of present active participle of didōmi, to give, agreeing with Iēsou.
Vengeance (ekdikēsin). Late word from ekdikeō, to vindicate, in Polybius and lxx.
To them that know not God (tois mē eidosin theon). Dative plural of perfect active participle eidōs. Apparently chiefly Gentiles in mind (1Th 4:3; Gal 4:8; Rom 1:28; Eph 2:12), though Jews are also guilty of wilful ignorance of God (Rom 2:14).
And to them that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus (kai tois mē hupakouousin tōi euaggeliōi tou kuriou hēmōn Iēsou). Repetition of the article looks like another class and so Jews (Rom 10:16). Both Jews as instigators and Gentiles as officials (politarchs) were involved in the persecution in Thessalonica (Act 17:5-9; 2Th 1:6). Note the use of “gospel” here as in Mar 1:15 “believe in the gospel.”