1 Thessalonians 2:12

1 Thessalonians 2:12 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)That ye would walk worthy of God, who hath called you unto his kingdom and glory.
• New International Version (NIV)encouraging, comforting and urging you to live lives worthy of God, who calls you into his kingdom and glory.
• English Standard Version (ESV)we exhorted each one of you and encouraged you and charged you to walk in a manner worthy of God, who calls you into his own kingdom and glory.
• New King James Version (NKJV)that you would walk worthy of God who calls you into His own kingdom and glory.

Context of 1 Thessalonians 2:12

10You know that we lived in a good way when we were with you. God also knows that. We were completely honest with you believers. Nobody could say that we did anything wrong. 11You know that we helped you, like a father helps his own children. We taught you clearly what is true. We helped you to be strong as believers. God has chosen you to be his own people. You belong to his great kingdom, where he rules. So we told you to live in a way that pleases him. 13There is another reason why we always continue to thank God for you. When we told God's message to you, you knew that it was not human ideas. You accepted it as God's own message, and that is what it certainly is. You continue to grow as believers because of God's message that you heard. 14Our Christian friends, you have received the same kind of trouble that the people in the churches of Judea received. People in your own country have caused you to have trouble and pain. The same thing happened to the people in Judea who believed in Christ Jesus. They received trouble from their own Jewish people.

1 Thessalonians 2:12 word by word

παρακαλοῦντες ὑμᾶς καὶ παραμυθούμενοι καὶ μαρτυρόμενοι εἰς τὸ περιπατεῖν ὑμᾶς ἀξίως τοῦ θεοῦ τοῦ καλοῦντος ὑμᾶς εἰς τὴν ἑαυτοῦ βασιλείαν καὶ δόξαν.¶Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Thatεἰςeis · towardG1519
• yeσύsu · youG4771
• would walkπεριπατέωperipateō · to walkG4043
• worthyἀξίωςaxiōs · appropriatelyG516
• of Godθεόςtheos · GodG2316
• hath calledκαλέωkaleō · to call: callG2564
• hisἑαυτοῦheautou · themselfG1438
• kingdomβασιλείαbasileia · kingdomG932
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• gloryδόξαdoxa · gloryG1391

Cross-references for 1 Thessalonians 2:12

• 1 Thessalonians 4:1Christian friends, there are a few more things that we need to say. We have already taught you how to live in a way that pleases God. And we know that you are living in that way. Now we ask you to continue to live like that even more. On behalf of the Lord Jesus, we seriously ask you to do this.
• Galatians 5:16So this is what I say: Let God's Spirit show you how to live in a good way. Then you will not do the wrong things that you may want to do, as people who are weak and human.
• Ephesians 4:1Because I serve the Lord, I am here in prison. I really want you to live as God's own people should live. God has called you to come to him. He has chosen you to be his own people.
• Ephesians 5:2Show that you love other people. Remember how much Christ loved us. He gave himself as a sacrifice on our behalf. He offered himself in a way that pleased God, like a sacrifice with a lovely smell.
• Philippians 1:27The most important thing is that you continue to live in a good way. Live in the way that the good news about Christ teaches. I want to know that you agree together about the good news. And that you work together to show others that the good news is true. Whether I come to visit you or not, I want to know that you all help one another like that.
• Colossians 1:10Then you will be able to live in a way that the Lord wants you to live. Everything that you do will please him. We pray that all these good things will have good results. We pray that you will know God better and better.
• Colossians 2:6You have accepted Christ Jesus as your Lord. So remember that you belong to him as you live your lives.
• 1 Peter 1:15God has chosen you to be his own people. He is completely good. So you must be completely good too, in the way that you live.
• 1 John 1:6Do you say that you share in the life that God gives? If you say that, but if you still live in the dark, you are telling a lie. You are not living in God's true way.
• 1 John 2:6If we say that we are living in God's true way, then we must live in the way that Jesus lived.
• 1 Thessalonians 5:24God has chosen you to be his people. We can trust him to do what he has promised to do. So he will do all this for you.
• Romans 8:30God had already chosen those people to be his children. Because of that, he called them to come to him. He accepted those people as right with himself. And those that he accepted, he also caused them to become great.
• Romans 9:23Other people are like valuable pots that God has chosen to make. God wants to be kind to people like that. He wants to use them to show people how great he is. He has prepared them to be with him for a special party in heaven.
• 1 Corinthians 1:9God always does what he has promised to do. He has chosen you to be friends with his Son, Jesus Christ, who is our Lord.
• 2 Thessalonians 1:11So we always pray for you. Our God has chosen you to be his own people. We pray that he will help you, so that you continue to please him. We also pray that God will work powerfully in you. Then you will be able to do every good thing that you want to do. You will do the things that you want to do because you trust God.
• 2 Thessalonians 2:13We always thank God for you, our Christian friends that the Lord loves. We ought to thank God, because he has chosen to save you. God chose you to belong to him, as some of the first people that he would save. You believed God's true message. And God's Spirit makes you separate from things that are bad.

Commentaries on 1 Thessalonians 2:12

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 12That ye would walk worthy of God - That they should, in every respect, act up to their high calling, that it would not be a reproach to the God of holiness to acknowledge them as his sons and daughters. See the notes on Ephesians 4:1; Philemon 1:27; (note); and Colossians 1:10; (note). His Kingdom and glory - His Church here, for that is the kingdom of God among men; and his glory hereafter, for that is the state to which the dispensations of grace in his…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 12That ye would walk worthy of God … - That you would live in such a manner as would honor God, who has chosen you to be his friends; notes, Ephesians 4:1. A child “walks worthy of a parent” when he lives in such way as to reflect honor on that parent for the method in which he has trained him; when he so lives as to bring no disgrace on him, so as not to pain his heart by misconduct, or so as to give no occasion to any to speak reproachfully of him. This…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 7-12Verses 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 should live as becomes those…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 12God would consider a life worthy if it aligns with the high standards he expects from those called to share his own kingdom and glory (4:7; Romans 8:17–18; Colossians 1:27; 2 Thessalonians 2:14).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1212. worthy of God--"worthy of the Lord" (Col 1:10); "worthily of the saints" (Ro 16:2, Greek): "... of the Gospel" (Php 1:27) "... of the vocation wherewith ye are called" (Ep 4:1). Inconsistency would cause God's name to be "blasphemed among the Gentiles" (Ro 2:24). The Greek article is emphatical, "Worthy of THE God who is calling you." hath called--So one of the oldest manuscripts and Vulgate. Other oldest manuscripts, "Who calleth us." his kingdom--to…Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Thessalonians 2:12

• Call
• Heaven
• Holiness
• Love
• Minister, Christian
• Preaching
• Predestination
• Righteous

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Commentaries on 1 Thessalonians 2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings