1 Thessalonians 3:13

1 Thessalonians 3:13 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)To the end he may stablish your hearts unblameable in holiness before God, even our Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all his saints.
• New International Version (NIV)May he strengthen your hearts so that you will be blameless and holy in the presence of our God and Father when our Lord Jesus comes with all his holy ones.
• English Standard Version (ESV)so that he may establish your hearts blameless in holiness before our God and Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints.
• New King James Version (NKJV)so that He may establish your hearts blameless in holiness before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all His saints.

Context of 1 Thessalonians 3:13

11We pray that our Father God himself and our Lord Jesus will prepare the way for us. Then we will come to visit you. 12We pray that the Lord will cause you to love people more and more. We love you very much. We pray that you will love each other and all people, as we love you. Then God will cause you to become strong inside yourselves. You will live in a completely good way. One day our Lord Jesus will come back with all the people who belong to him. Then you will stand in front of God, our Father. He will say that you are not guilty of anything that is wrong.

1 Thessalonians 3:13 word by word

εἰς τὸ στηρίξαι ὑμῶν τὰς καρδίας ἀμέμπτους ἐν ἁγιωσύνῃ ἔμπροσθεν τοῦ θεοῦ καὶ πατρὸς ἡμῶν ἐν τῇ παρουσίᾳ τοῦ κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ μετὰ πάντων τῶν ἁγίων αὐτοῦ ἀμήν.¶Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• To the endεἰςeis · towardG1519
• he may stablishστηρίζωstērizō · to establishG4741
• yourσύsu · youG4771
• heartsκαρδίαkardia · heartG2588
• unblameableἄμεμπτοςamemptos · blamelessG273
• inἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• holinessἁγιωσύνηhagiōsunē · holinessG42
• beforeἔμπροσθενemprosthen · beforeG1715
• Godθεόςtheos · GodG2316
• evenκαίkai · andG2532
• ourἐγώegō · I/weG1473
• Fatherπατήρpatēr · fatherG3962
• the comingπαρουσίαparousia · comingG3952
• Lordκύριοςkurios · lord: GodG2962
• JesusἸησοῦςIēsous · JesusG2424
• ChristΧριστόςChristos · ChristG5547
• withμετάmeta · with/afterG3326
• allπᾶςpas · allG3956
• hisαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• saintsἅγιοςhagios · holy: saintG40

Cross-references for 1 Thessalonians 3:13

• 1 Thessalonians 5:23I pray that God will help you to be completely good, as his people should be. He is the one who gives us peace in our minds. I pray that he will take care of you in every way, in your spirit, in your soul and in your body. Then you will not be guilty of anything that is bad, when our Lord Jesus Christ returns.
• Romans 14:4God is the master of all believers and they are his servants. You do not have authority to judge someone else's servant. The servant's own master will decide if he has done well or he has done something wrong. And he will serve his master well, because the Lord is able to help him to do that.
• Romans 16:25We praise God because he is great! He is able to make you strong in your spirits! That is the good news that I teach. That good news is the message about Jesus Christ that God has kept secret since long ago. But now he has shown this message to us.
• 1 Corinthians 1:8God will also keep you safe and strong until the end. Then, on the day when our Lord Jesus Christ returns, you will not be guilty of anything wrong.
• Philippians 1:10Then you will be able to choose what is best in the way that you live. Then, on the day when Christ returns, you will be completely clean. You will not be guilty of any bad thing.
• 2 Thessalonians 2:16We ask our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God, our Father, to help you. God has shown that he loves us very much. He has helped us to be brave and strong for all time. We continue to hope for the good things that will come. Yes, God has been very kind to us!
• 1 Peter 5:10Yes, you will have trouble like this for a short time. But after that, God will make everything right. He is completely kind and he will always help you. Because you belong to Christ, God has chosen you to live with him in heaven for ever. You will join him in that beautiful place. Then God will make you well again. He will make you strong in your spirits. You will be able to stand strongly.
• 1 John 3:20Even if our thoughts tell us that we have done something wrong, we still will not be afraid of God. We can trust God more than we trust our thoughts. He already knows everything about us.
• Ephesians 5:27Christ himself did this to bring us to himself as a beautiful group of his people. His church would belong to him completely. It would be pure, without anything bad to spoil it.
• Colossians 1:22But now you have become God's friends. This happened because Christ's human body died on the cross. As a result, God has brought you to himself. As you stand in front of him, you are completely good and clean inside. He sees nothing in you that is bad.
• Jude 1:24God is able to keep you safe so that you continue to trust him. One day you will stand in front of him and you will be very happy. God will bring you to that place and you will be completely good. You will be able to stand near to God, who shines with beautiful light.
• 1 Thessalonians 3:11We pray that our Father God himself and our Lord Jesus will prepare the way for us. Then we will come to visit you.
• 1 Thessalonians 2:19You are the people that make us very happy! We know that you will continue to trust God. So, when our Lord Jesus returns, we will be proud of you. You will be like a crown that he gives us when we stand in front of him.
• 1 Thessalonians 4:15We are telling you the message that the Lord has given to us. This is what will happen when the Lord returns. Those of us who are still alive will not go to meet the Lord first. We will not go before those people who have already died.
• 1 Corinthians 1:7As a result, God has given you every spiritual gift that you need. God has blessed you with those gifts as you wait for our Lord Jesus Christ to return.
• 1 Corinthians 15:23It is like this: First of all, Christ died and then he became alive again. Then, when Christ returns, his people will live again too.

Commentaries on 1 Thessalonians 3:13

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 13To the end he may establish your hearts - Without love to God and man, there can be no establishment in the religion of Christ. It is love that produces both solidity and continuance. And, as love is the fulfilling of the law, he who is filled with love is unblamable in holiness: for he who has the love of God in him is a partaker of the Divine nature, for God is love. At the coming of our Lord - God is coming to judge the world; every hour that passes on…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 13To the end he may stablish your hearts - That is, “may the Lord cause you to increase in love 1 Thessalonians 3:12, in order that you may be established, and be without blame in the day of judgment.” The idea is, that if charity were diffused through their hearts, they would abound in every virtue, and would be at length found blameless. Unblameable - See the 1 Thessalonians 1:10 note; Philemon 2:15; Philemon 3:6 notes; Hebrews 8:7 note; compare Luke 1:6…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 11-13Verses 11-13 Prayer is religious worship, and all religious worship is due unto God only. Prayer is to be offered to God as our Father. Prayer is not only to be offered in the name of Christ, but offered up to Christ himself, as our Lord and our Saviour. Let us acknowledge God in all our ways, and he will direct our paths. Mutual love is required of all Christians. And love is of God, and is fulfilling the gospel as well as the law. We need the Spirit's…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 13In the final part of this prayer, Paul prays that their hearts will be strong, innocent, and holy. Here, the word hearts means their behavior and moral strength (3:11–13; Matthew 5:8; Acts 15:9; Hebrews 10:22). When Jesus comes, he will be with all his holy people. This may mean angels (Deuteronomy 33:2; Psalm 89:5, 7; Daniel 4:13; 8:13; Matthew 13:41; Mark 8:38; 13:26–27; 2 Thessalonians 1:7).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1313. your hearts--which are naturally the spring and seat of unholiness. before God, even our Father--rather, "before Him who is at once God and our Father." Before not merely men, but Him who will not be deceived by the mere show of holiness, that is, may your holiness be such as will stand His searching scrutiny. coming--Greek, "presence," or "arrival." with all his saints--including both the holy angels and the holy elect of men (1Th 4:14; Da 7:10; Zec…Read the comment

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Commentaries on 1 Thessalonians 3

• 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
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings