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 test everything that is said. Hold on to what is good. 22Stay away from every kind of evil. Now may the God of peace make you holy in every way, and may your whole spirit and soul and body be kept blameless until our Lord Jesus Christ comes again. 24God will make this happen, for he who calls you is faithful. 25Dear brothers and sisters, 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

Words taken from the KJV.

• Andδέde · thenG1161
• the veryαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• Godὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Godθεόςtheos · GodG2316
• of peaceεἰρήνηeirēnē · peaceG1515
• sanctifyἁγιάζωhagiazō · to sanctifyG37
• youσύsu · youG4771
• whollyὁλοτελήςholotelēs · whollyG3651
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• wholeὁλόκληροςholoklēros · wholeG3648
• spiritπνεῦμαpneuma · spirit/breath: spiritG4151
• soulψυχήpsuchē · soulG5590
• bodyσῶμαsōma · bodyG4983
• be preservedτηρέωtēreō · to keep: protectG5083
• blamelessἀμέμπτωςamemptōs · blamelesslyG274
• untoἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• the comingπαρουσίαparousia · comingG3952
• of ourἐγώegō · I/weG1473
• Lordκύριοςkurios · lord: GodG2962
• JesusἸησοῦςIēsous · JesusG2424
• ChristΧριστόςChristos · ChristG5547

Cross-references for 1 Thessalonians 5:23

• Romans 15:5May God, who gives this patience and encouragement, help you live in complete harmony with each other, as is fitting for followers of Christ Jesus.
• Romans 16:20The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet. May the grace of our Lord Jesus be with you.
• 1 Corinthians 14:33For God is not a God of disorder but of peace, as in all the meetings of God’s holy people.
• 2 Corinthians 5:19For God was in Christ, reconciling the world to himself, no longer counting people’s sins against them. And he gave us this wonderful message of reconciliation.
• Philippians 4:9Keep putting into practice all you learned and received from me—everything you heard from me and saw me doing. Then the God of peace will be with you.
• 2 Thessalonians 3:16Now may the Lord of peace himself give you his peace at all times and in every situation. The Lord be with you all.
• Hebrews 13:20Now may the God of peace— who brought up from the dead our Lord Jesus, the great Shepherd of the sheep, and ratified an eternal covenant with his blood—
• 1 Peter 5:10In his kindness God called you to share in his eternal glory by means of Christ Jesus. So after you have suffered a little while, he will restore, support, and strengthen you, and he will place you on a firm foundation.
• 1 Thessalonians 3:13May he, as a result, make your hearts strong, blameless, and holy as you stand before God our Father when our Lord Jesus comes again with all his holy people. Amen.
• 1 Thessalonians 4:3God’s will is for you to be holy, so stay away from all sexual sin.
• Leviticus 20:8Keep all my decrees by putting them into practice, for I am the Lord who makes you holy.
• Ezekiel 37:28And when my Temple is among them forever, the nations will know that I am the Lord, who makes Israel holy.”
• John 17:19And I give myself as a holy sacrifice for them so they can be made holy by your truth.
• Acts 20:32“And now I entrust you to God and the message of his grace that is able to build you up and give you an inheritance with all those he has set apart for himself.
• Acts 26:18to open their eyes, so they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God. Then they will receive forgiveness for their sins and be given a place among God’s people, who are set apart by faith in me.’
• 1 Corinthians 1:2I am writing to God’s church in Corinth, to you who have been called by God to be his own holy people. He made you holy by means of Christ Jesus, just as he did for all people everywhere who 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

Topics related to 1 Thessalonians 5:23

• Holiness
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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