1 Thessalonians 2:12
That ye would walk worthy of God, who hath called you unto his kingdom and glory.
1 Thessalonians 2:12 in other translations
| BSB | encouraging you, comforting you, and urging you to walk in a manner worthy of God, who calls you into His own kingdom and glory. |
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| WEB | to the end that you should walk worthily of God, who calls you into his own Kingdom and glory. |
| ASV | to the end that ye should walk worthily of God, who calleth you into his own kingdom and glory. |
| YLT | for your walking worthily of God, who is calling you to His own reign and glory. |
| DARBY | that ye should walk worthy of God, who calls you to his own kingdom and glory. |
| BBE | So that your lives might be pleasing to God, who has given you a part in his kingdom and his glory. |
| Webster | That ye would walk worthy of God, who hath called you into his kingdom and glory. |
What does 1 Thessalonians 2:12 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Barnes' Notes
(1.) he keeps all his commands;
(2.) when he leads a life of purity and virtue;
(3.) when he carries out the principles of the family into his own life;
(4.) when he honours a father by evincing a profound respect for his opinions; and
(5.) when he endeavours to provide for his comfort, and to promote his welfare. In a manner similar to this, a true Christian honours God. He lives so as not to bring a reproach upon him or his cause, and so as to teach the world to honour him who has bestowed such grace upon him.
Who hath called you. 1Cor 1:9.
(c) "walk worthy" Eph 4:1 (d) "who hath" 1Cor 1:9
Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Thessalonians 2:7-12
Mildness and tenderness greatly recommend religion, and are most conformable to God's gracious dealing with sinners, in and by the gospel. This is the way to win people. We should not only be faithful to our calling as Christians, but in our particular callings and relations. Our great gospel privilege is, that God has called us to his kingdom and glory. The great gospel duty is, that we walk worthy of God. We…
1 Thessalonians 2:12 in the original Greek
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Cross references for 1 Thessalonians 2:12
- Ephesians 4:1
I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called,
- 1 John 2:6
He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked.
- 1 John 1:6-7
If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth: But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.
- 2 Thessalonians 2:13-14
But we are bound to give thanks alway to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth: Whereunto he called you by our gospel, to the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.
- 1 Thessalonians 4:12
That ye may walk honestly toward them that are without, and that ye may have lack of nothing.
- 1 Peter 5:10
But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you.
- 2 Thessalonians 1:11-12
Wherefore also we pray always for you, that our God would count you worthy of this calling, and fulfil all the good pleasure of his goodness, and the work of faith with power: That the name of our Lord Jesus Christ may be glorified in you, and ye in him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.
- Ephesians 5:2
And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:24
Faithful is he that calleth you, who also will do it.
- Colossians 1:10
That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;
- Ephesians 5:8
For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light:
- 1 Peter 1:15-16
But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation; Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Context
- 1 Thessalonians 2:11
As ye know how we exhorted and comforted and charged every one of you, as a father doth his children,
- 1 Thessalonians 2:12
That ye would walk worthy of God, who hath called you unto his kingdom and glory.
- 1 Thessalonians 2:13
For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which effectually worketh also in you that believe.
1 Thessalonians 2:12 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y os protestábamos que anduvieseis como es digno de Dios, que os llamó á su reino y gloria. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | vous exhortant, et vous consolant, et rendant témoignage, pour que vous marchiez d’une manière digne de Dieu qui vous appelle à son propre royaume et à sa propre gloire. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | und euch bezeugt haben, daß ihr wandeln solltet würdig des Gottes, der euch zu seinem eigenen Reiche und seiner eigenen Herrlichkeit beruft. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | deprecantes vos, et consolantes, testificati sumus, ut ambularetis digne Deo, qui vocavit vos in suum regnum et gloriam. |