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 are witnesses, and so is God, as to how holy and righteous and blameless our conduct was toward you who believe. 11As you know, we treated each one of you as a father treats his own children, exhorting and encouraging you and insisting that you live in a way worthy of God who calls you to his own kingdom and his glory. 13And so we too constantly thank God that when you received God’s message that you heard from us, you accepted it not as a human message, but as it truly is, God’s message, which is at work among you who believe. 14For you became imitators, brothers and sisters, of God’s churches in Christ Jesus that are in Judea, because you too suffered the same things from your own countrymen as they in fact did from the Jews,

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 4:1Finally then, brothers and sisters, we ask you and urge you in the Lord Jesus, that as you received instruction from us about how you must live and please God (as you are in fact living) that you do so more and more.
• Galatians 5:16But I say, live by the Spirit and you will not carry out the desires of the flesh.
• Ephesians 4:1I, therefore, the prisoner for the Lord, urge you to live worthily of the calling with which you have been called,
• Ephesians 5:2and live in love, just as Christ also loved us and gave himself for us, a sacrificial and fragrant offering to God.
• Philippians 1:27Only conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ so that – whether I come and see you or whether I remain absent – I should hear that you are standing firm in one spirit, with one mind, by contending side by side for the faith of the gospel,
• Colossians 1:10so that you may live worthily of the Lord and please him in all respects – bearing fruit in every good deed, growing in the knowledge of God,
• Colossians 2:6Therefore, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live your lives in him,
• 1 Peter 1:15but, like the Holy One who called you, become holy yourselves in all of your conduct,
• 1 John 1:6If we say we have fellowship with him and yet keep on walking in the darkness, we are lying and not practicing the truth.
• 1 John 2:6The one who says he resides in God ought himself to walk just as Jesus walked.
• 1 Thessalonians 5:24He who calls you is trustworthy, and he will in fact do this.
• Romans 8:30And those he predestined, he also called; and those he called, he also justified; and those he justified, he also glorified.
• Romans 9:23And what if he is willing to make known the wealth of his glory on the objects of mercy that he has prepared beforehand for glory –
• 1 Corinthians 1:9God is faithful, by whom you were called into fellowship with his son, Jesus Christ our Lord.
• 2 Thessalonians 1:11And in this regard we pray for you always, that our God will make you worthy of his calling and fulfill by his power your every desire for goodness and every work of faith,
• 2 Thessalonians 2:13But we ought to thank God always for you, brothers and sisters loved by the Lord, because God chose you from the beginning for salvation through sanctification by the Spirit and faith in the truth.

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