2 Thessalonians 1:11

2 Thessalonians 1:11 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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:
• New International Version (NIV)With this in mind, we constantly pray for you, that our God may make you worthy of his calling, and that by his power he may bring to fruition your every desire for goodness and your every deed prompted by faith.
• English Standard Version (ESV)To this end we always pray for you, that our God may make you worthy of his calling and may fulfill every resolve for good and every work of faith by his power,
• New King James Version (NKJV)Therefore we also pray always for you that our God would count you worthy of this calling, and fulfill all the good pleasure of His goodness and the work of faith with power,

Context of 2 Thessalonians 1:11

9These people will pay the penalty of eternal destruction, away from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of His power, 10when He comes to be glorified among His saints on that day, and to be marveled at among all who have believed--because our testimony to you was believed. To this end also we pray for you always, that our God will consider you worthy of your calling, and fulfill every desire for goodness and the work of faith with power, 12so that the name of our Lord Jesus will be glorified in you, and you in Him, in accordance with the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.

2 Thessalonians 1:11 word by word

εἰς ὃ καὶ προσευχόμεθα πάντοτε περὶ ὑμῶν ἵνα ὑμᾶς ἀξιώσῃ τῆς κλήσεως ὁ θεὸς ἡμῶν καὶ πληρώσῃ πᾶσαν εὐδοκίαν ἀγαθωσύνης καὶ ἔργον πίστεως ἐν δυνάμει,Read the interlinear

• To thisὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
• endεἰςeis · towardG1519
• alsoκαίkai · andG2532
• prayπροσεύχομαιproseuchomai · to prayG4336
• for you alwaysπάντοτεpantote · alwaysG3842
• that our Godθεόςtheos · GodG2316
• considerἀξιόωaxioō · to deem worthyG515
• callingκλῆσιςklēsis · callingG2821
• and fulfillπληρόωplēroō · to fulfillG4137
• everyπᾶςpas · allG3956
• desireεὐδοκίαeudokia · goodwillG2107
• workἔργονergon · workG2041
• of faithπίστιςpistis · faithG4102
• with powerδύναμιςdunamis · powerG1411

Cross-references for 2 Thessalonians 1:11

• Romans 1:9For God, whom I serve in my spirit in the preaching of the gospel of His Son, is my witness as to how unceasingly I make mention of you,
• Ephesians 1:16do not cease giving thanks for you, while making mention of you in my prayers;
• Ephesians 3:14For this reason I bend my knees before the Father,
• Philippians 1:9And this I pray, that your love may overflow still more and more in real knowledge and all discernment,
• Colossians 1:9For this reason we also, since the day we heard about it, have not ceased praying for you and asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of His will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,
• 1 Thessalonians 3:9For what thanks can we give to God for you in return for all the joy with which we rejoice because of you before our God,
• Psalms 48:14For such is God, Our God forever and ever; He will lead us until death.
• Psalms 68:20God is to us a God of salvation; And to God the Lord belong ways of escape from death.
• Isaiah 25:9And it will be said on that day, “Behold, this is our God for whom we have waited that He might save us. This is the Lord for whom we have waited; Let’s rejoice and be glad in His salvation.”
• Isaiah 55:7Let the wicked abandon his way, And the unrighteous person his thoughts; And let him return to the Lord, And He will have compassion on him, And to our God, For He will abundantly pardon.
• Daniel 3:17If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to rescue us from the furnace of blazing fire; and He will rescue us from your hand, O king.
• Revelation 5:10You have made them into a kingdom and priests to our God, and they will reign upon the earth.”
• 2 Thessalonians 1:5This is a plain indication of God’s righteous judgment so that you will be considered worthy of the kingdom of God, for which you indeed are suffering.
• Colossians 1:12giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified us to share in the inheritance of the saints in light.
• Revelation 3:4But you have a few people in Sardis who have not soiled their garments; and they will walk with Me in white, for they are worthy.
• 2 Thessalonians 2:14It was for this He called you through our gospel, that you may obtain the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Commentaries on 2 Thessalonians 1:11

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 11We pray - that our God would count you worthy - It is our earnest prayer that God would make you worthy, ͅ, afford those continual supplies of grace by his Holy Spirit, without which you cannot adorn your holy vocation; you are called into the Christian Church, and, to be proper members of this Church, you must be members of the mystical body of Christ; and this implies that you should be holy, as he who has called you is holy. Fulfil all the good…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 11Wherefore also we pray always for you - See the notes, 1 Thessalonians 1:2. That our God would count you worthy of this calling. - Margin, “or, vouchsafe.” The meaning is, “that he would regard you as worthy of this calling;” see the notes on ver. 5. Of this calling; see the notes, Ephesians 4:1. The “calling” here, is that which had brought them into the kingdom, and led them to become Christians. And fulfil all the good pleasure of his goodness. - That…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 11-12Verses 11-12 Believing thoughts and expectations of the second coming of Christ should lead us to pray to God more, for ourselves and others. If there is any good in us, it is owing to the good pleasure of his goodness, and therefore it is called grace. There are many purposes of grace and good-will in God toward his people, and the apostle prays that God would complete in them the work of faith with power. This is to their doing every other good work…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 11Will count you worthy of His calling: Paul had reminded the Thessalonians that God called them to act in a way God would consider worthy (1 Thessalonians 2:12; see also Ephesians 4:1; Philippians 1:27; Colossians 1:10). Paul prayed that God would give the Thessalonian Christians the power to live and work in a way that would please God.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1111. Wherefore--Greek, "With a view to which," namely, His glorification in you as His saints. also--We not only anticipate the coming glorification of our Lord in His saints, but we also pray concerning (so the Greek) YOU. our God--whom we serve. count you worthy--The prominent position of the "You" in the Greek makes it the emphatic word of the sentence. May you be found among the saints whom God shall count worthy of their calling (Ep 4:1)! There is no…Read the comment

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Commentaries on 2 Thessalonians 1

• 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
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings