1 Thessalonians 5:23

1 Thessalonians 5:23 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
• New International Version (NIV)May God himself, the God of peace, sanctify you through and through. May your whole spirit, soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Now may the God of peace himself sanctify you completely, and may your whole spirit and soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you completely; and may your whole spirit, soul, and body be preserved blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Context of 1 Thessalonians 5:23

21But examine everything carefully; hold fast to that which is good; 22abstain from every form of evil. Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you entirely; and may your spirit and soul and body be preserved complete, without blame at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. 24Faithful is He who calls you, and He also will bring it to pass. 25Brethren, pray for us.

1 Thessalonians 5:23 word by word

αὐτὸς δὲ ὁ θεὸς τῆς εἰρήνης ἁγιάσαι ὑμᾶς ὁλοτελεῖς, καὶ ὁλόκληρον ὑμῶν τὸ πνεῦμα καὶ ἡ ψυχὴ καὶ τὸ σῶμα ἀμέμπτως ἐν τῇ παρουσίᾳ τοῦ κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ τηρηθείη.Read the interlinear

• Nowδέde · thenG1161
• may the Godθεόςtheos · GodG2316
• of peaceεἰρήνηeirēnē · peaceG1515
• Himselfαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• sanctifyἁγιάζωhagiazō · to sanctifyG37
• you entirelyὁλοτελήςholotelēs · whollyG3651
• spiritπνεῦμαpneuma · spirit/breath: spiritG4151
• and soulψυχήpsuchē · soulG5590
• and bodyσῶμαsōma · bodyG4983
• be preservedτηρέωtēreō · to keep: protectG5083
• completeὁλόκληροςholoklēros · wholeG3648
• withoutἀμέμπτωςamemptōs · blamelesslyG274
• the comingπαρουσίαparousia · comingG3952
• of our Lordκύριοςkurios · lord: GodG2962
• JesusἸησοῦςIēsous · JesusG2424
• ChristΧριστόςChristos · ChristG5547

Cross-references for 1 Thessalonians 5:23

• Romans 15:5Now may the God who gives perseverance and encouragement grant you to be of the same mind with one another according to Christ Jesus,
• Romans 16:20The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus be with you.
• 1 Corinthians 14:33for God is not a God of confusion but of peace, as in all the churches of the saints.
• 2 Corinthians 5:19namely, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and He has committed to us the word of reconciliation.
• Philippians 4:9The things you have learned and received and heard and seen in me, practice these things, and the God of peace will be with you.
• 2 Thessalonians 3:16Now may the Lord of peace Himself continually grant you peace in every circumstance. The Lord be with you all!
• Hebrews 13:20Now the God of peace, who brought up from the dead the great Shepherd of the sheep through the blood of the eternal covenant, even Jesus our Lord,
• 1 Peter 5:10After you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace, who called you to His eternal glory in Christ, will Himself perfect, confirm, strengthen and establish you.
• 1 Thessalonians 3:13so that He may establish your hearts without blame in holiness before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all His saints.
• 1 Thessalonians 4:3For this is the will of God, your sanctification; that is, that you abstain from sexual immorality;
• Leviticus 20:8You shall keep My statutes and practice them; I am the Lord who sanctifies you.
• Ezekiel 37:28And the nations will know that I am the Lord who sanctifies Israel, when My sanctuary is in their midst forever.”’”
• John 17:19For their sakes I sanctify Myself, that they themselves also may be sanctified in truth.
• Acts 20:32And now I commend you to God and to the word of His grace, which is able to build you up and to give you the inheritance among all those who are sanctified.
• Acts 26:18to open their eyes so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the dominion of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those who have been sanctified by faith in Me.’
• 1 Corinthians 1:2To the church of God which is at Corinth, to those who have been sanctified in Christ Jesus, saints by calling, with all who in every place call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, their Lord and ours:

Commentaries on 1 Thessalonians 5:23

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 23And the very God of peace - That same God who is the author of peace, the giver of peace; and who has sent, for the redemption of the world, the Prince of peace; may that very God sanctify you wholly; leave no more evil in your hearts than his precepts tolerate evil in your conduct. The word wholly, ̔ means precisely the same as our phrase, to all intents and purposes. May he sanctify you to the end and to the uttermost, that, as sin hath reigned unto…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 23And the very God of peace - The God who gives peace or happiness; compare notes, Romans 1:7. Sanctify you - See the notes at John 17:17. Wholly - ̔͂ holoteleisIn every part; completely. It is always proper to pray that God would make his people entirely holy. A prayer for perfect sanctification, however, should not be adduced as a proof that it is in fact attained in the present life. Your whole spirit and soul and body - There is an allusion here…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 23-28Verses 23-28 The apostle prays that they might be sanctified more perfectly, for the best are sanctified but in part while in this world; therefore we should pray for, and press toward, complete holiness. And as we must fall, if God did not carry on his good work in the soul, we should pray to God to perfect his work, till we are presented faultless before the throne of his glory. We should pray for one another; and brethren should thus express brotherly…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 23God helps Christians become holy (3:11–13). His work to sanctify extends to the spirit, soul, and body, which means all parts of human life (see also Matthew 10:28; Mark 12:30; 1 Corinthians 7:34).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2323. the very God--rather as the Greek, "the God of peace Himself"; who can do for you by His own power what I cannot do by all my monitions, nor you by all your efforts (Ro 16:20; He 13:20), namely, keep you from all evil, and give you all that is good. sanctify you--for holiness is the necessary condition of "peace" (Php 4:6-9). wholly--Greek, "(so that you should be) perfect in every respect" [Tittmann]. and--that is, "and so (omit 'I pray God'; not in…Read the comment

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Commentaries on 1 Thessalonians 5

• 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
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• 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