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

9They will undergo the penalty of eternal destruction, away from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his strength, 10when he comes to be glorified among his saints and admired on that day among all who have believed – and you did in fact believe our testimony. And 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, 12that the name of our Lord Jesus may be glorified in you, and you in him, according to 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

Words taken from the KJV.

• Whereforeεἰςeis · towardG1519
• alsoκαίkai · andG2532
• we prayπροσεύχομαιproseuchomai · to prayG4336
• alwaysπάντοτεpantote · alwaysG3842
• forπερίperi · aboutG4012
• youσύsu · youG4771
• thatὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
• thatἵναhina · in order that/toG2443
• ourἐγώegō · I/weG1473
• Godὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Godθεόςtheos · GodG2316
• would countἀξιόωaxioō · to deem worthyG515
• ofκλῆσιςklēsis · callingG2821
• fulfilπληρόωplēroō · to fulfillG4137
• allπᾶςpas · allG3956
• the good pleasureεὐδοκίαeudokia · goodwillG2107
• ofἀγαθωσύνηagathōsunē · goodnessG19
• the workἔργονergon · workG2041
• of faithπίστιςpistis · faithG4102
• withἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• powerδύναμιςdunamis · powerG1411

Cross-references for 2 Thessalonians 1:11

• Romans 1:9For God, whom I serve in my spirit by preaching the gospel of his Son, is my witness that I continually remember you
• Ephesians 1:16I do not cease to give thanks for you when I remember you in my prayers.
• Ephesians 3:14For this reason I kneel before the Father,
• Philippians 1:9And I pray this, that your love may abound even more and more in knowledge and every kind of insight
• Colossians 1:9For this reason we also, from the day we heard about you, have not ceased praying for you and asking God to fill you with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,
• 1 Thessalonians 3:9For how can we thank God enough for you, for all the joy we feel because of you before our God?
• Psalms 48:14For God, our God, is our defender forever! He guides us!
• Psalms 68:20Our God is a God who delivers; the Lord, the sovereign Lord, can rescue from death.
• Isaiah 25:9At that time they will say, “Look, here is our God! We waited for him and he delivered us. Here is the Lord! We waited for him. Let’s rejoice and celebrate his deliverance!”
• Isaiah 55:7The wicked need to abandon their lifestyle and sinful people their plans. They should return to the Lord, and he will show mercy to them, and to their God, for he will freely forgive them.
• Daniel 3:17If our God whom we are serving exists, he is able to rescue us from the furnace of blazing fire, and he will rescue us, O king, from your power as well.
• Revelation 5:10You have appointed them as a kingdom and priests to serve our God, and they will reign on the earth.”
• 2 Thessalonians 1:5This is evidence of God’s righteous judgment, to make you worthy of the kingdom of God, for which in fact you are suffering.
• Colossians 1:12giving thanks to the Father who has qualified you to share in the saints’ inheritance in the light.
• Revelation 3:4But you have a few individuals in Sardis who have not stained their clothes, and they will walk with me dressed in white, because they are worthy.
• 2 Thessalonians 2:14He called you to this salvation through our gospel, so that you may possess 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