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 pay the price of eternal ruin, away from the presence of the Lord and the glory of His power— 10on that Day when He comes to be glorified among His kedoshim and marveled at by all who have believed, because our testimony to you was believed.) With this in mind, we pray for you constantly, that our God may consider you worthy of the calling and fulfill with power every good desire and work of faith, 12so the name of our Lord Yeshua may be glorified in you, and you in Him, in keeping with the grace of our God and the Lord Yeshua the Messiah.

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 is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the Good News of His Son. How unceasingly I make mention of you,
• Ephesians 1:16I never stop giving thanks for you as I mention you in my prayers—
• Ephesians 3:14For this reason I bow my knees before the Father—
• Philippians 1:9Now this I pray, that your love might overflow still more and more in knowledge and depth of discernment,
• Colossians 1:9For this reason also, ever since we heard about you, we have not stopped praying for you. We keep asking God that you might be filled with the knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding—
• 1 Thessalonians 3:9For what thanks would be enough to offer to God, in return for all the joy we feel before our God because of you?
• Psalms 48:14Consider her ramparts, go through her palaces, so you may describe it to the next generation.
• Psalms 68:20Blessed be my Lord! Day by day He bears our burdens— the God of our salvation! Selah
• Isaiah 25:9It will be said in that day: “Behold, this is our God, We waited for Him—He will save us. This is Adonai—we waited for Him. We will rejoice and be glad in His salvation.”
• Isaiah 55:7Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous one his thoughts, let him return to Adonai, so He may have compassion on him, and to our God, for He will abundantly pardon.
• Daniel 3:17If it is so, our God whom we serve is able to save us from the furnace of blazing fire and He will deliver us out of your hand, O king.
• Revelation 5:10You have made them for our God a kingdom and kohanim, and they shall reign upon the earth.”
• 2 Thessalonians 1:5This is evidence of the righteous judgment of God, so that you may be considered worthy of the kingdom of God, for which indeed you are suffering. (
• Colossians 1:12we give thanks to the Father, who qualified you to share in the inheritance of the kedoshim in the light.
• Revelation 3:4“But still, you have a few people in Sardis who have not stained their clothes. They will walk with Me in white, because they are worthy.
• 2 Thessalonians 2:14He called you to this salvation through our proclaiming the Good News, for you to gain the glory of our Lord Yeshua the Messiah.

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