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King James Version

1 Thessalonians 3:13

To the end he may stablish your hearts unblameable in holiness before God, even our Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all his saints.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Decision;   God;   Grace of God;   Heart;   Holiness;   Intercession;   Jesus Continued;   Perfection;   Perseverance;   Righteous;   Sinlessness;   Scofield Reference Index - Bible Prayers;   Thompson Chain Reference - Blameless;   Blamelessness;   Coming, Second Coming of Christ;   Conduct, Christian;   Future, the;   Holiness;   Rewards at Advent;   Second Coming of Christ;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Heart, the;   Holiness;   Second Coming of Christ, the;   Steadfastness;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Resurrection of the Dead;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Ethics;   Jesus christ;   Paul;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Christians, Names of;   Consecrate;   Paul the Apostle;   Thessalonians, First and Second, Theology of;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Poor;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Thessalonians, the Epistles to the;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Love;   Sanctification;   Second Coming, the;   1 Thessalonians;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Holiness;   Peter, Second Epistle of;   Sanctification, Sanctify;   Thessalonians, First Epistle to the;   Thessalonians, Second Epistle to the;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Angels;   Ascension of Isaiah;   Heart ;   Kingdom Kingdom of God;   Perseverance;   Sanctification;   Thessalonians Epistles to the;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Saint;   Thessalonians, Epistles to the;   6 Holiness Sanctification;   46 Blameless Unblameable Unreproveable without Spot;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - End;   Eschatology of the New Testament;   Parousia;   Sanctification;   Thessalonians, the First Epistle of Paul to the;  

Parallel Translations

New American Standard Bible (1995)
so that He may establish your hearts without blame in holiness before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all His saints.
Legacy Standard Bible
so that He may strengthen your hearts blameless in holiness, before our God and Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all His saints.
Simplified Cowboy Version
May he give y'all the strength and courage to continue in your ride for the brand. Only then will you be allowed into the presence of God when Jesus comes riding back for the final gathering.
Bible in Basic English
So that your hearts may be strong and free from all sin before our God and Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints.
Darby Translation
in order to the confirming of your hearts unblamable in holiness before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints.
Christian Standard Bible®
May He make your hearts blameless in holiness before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all His saints. Amen.
World English Bible
to the end he may establish your hearts blameless in holiness before our God and Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
That he may establish your hearts unblameable in holiness (before our God and Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ) with all his saints.
Weymouth's New Testament
Thus He will build up your characters, so that you will be faultlessly holy in the presence of our God and Father at the Coming of our Lord Jesus with all His holy ones.
King James Version (1611)
To the end hee may stablish your hearts vnblameable in holinesse before God euen our Father, at the comming of our Lord Iesus Christ with all his Saints.
Literal Translation
in order to establish your hearts blameless in holiness before our God and our Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all His saints.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
that yor hertes maye be stable and vnblameable in holynes before God oure father, at the commynge of oure LORDE Iesus Christ with all his sayntes.
Mace New Testament (1729)
that by the sanctity of your affections, you may stand unreprov'd in the presence of God our father, when our Lord Jesus Christ shall come with all his holy angels.
Amplified Bible
so that He may strengthen and establish your hearts without blame in holiness in the sight of our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all His saints (God's people).
American Standard Version
to the end he may establish your hearts unblamable in holiness before our God and Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints.
Revised Standard Version
so that he may establish your hearts unblamable in holiness before our God and Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints.
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
to make youre hertes stable and vnblameable in holynes before God oure father at the commynge of oure Lorde Iesus Christ with all his sainctes.
Update Bible Version
to the end he may establish your hearts unblamable in holiness before our God and Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints. Amen.
Webster's Bible Translation
To the end he may establish your hearts unblamable in holiness before God, even our Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all his saints.
Young's Literal Translation
to the establishing your hearts blameless in sanctification before our God and Father, in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ with all His saints.
New Century Version
May your hearts be made strong so that you will be holy and without fault before our God and Father when our Lord Jesus comes with all his holy ones.
New English Translation
so that your hearts are strengthened in holiness to be blameless before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints.
Berean Standard Bible
so that He may establish your hearts in blamelessness and holiness before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all His saints. Amen.
Contemporary English Version
And when our Lord comes with all of his people, I pray that he will make your hearts pure and innocent in the sight of God the Father.
Complete Jewish Bible
so that he may give you the inner strength to be blameless, by reason of your holiness, when you stand before God our Father at the coming of our Lord Yeshua with all his angels.
English Standard Version
so that he may establish your hearts blameless in holiness before our God and Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints.
Geneva Bible (1587)
To make your hearts stable & vnblameable in holines before God euen our Father, at the comming of our Lord Iesus Christ wt all his Saints.
George Lamsa Translation
And may he strengthen your hearts to be without blemish in holiness before God our Father, at the coming of our LORD Jesus Christ with all his saints.
Hebrew Names Version
to the end he may establish your hearts blameless in holiness before our God and Father, at the coming of our Lord Yeshua with all his holy ones.
International Standard Version
Then your hearts will be strong in holiness and blameless in the presence of our God and Father when our Lord Jesus comes with all his saints.holy ones; other mss. read saints. Amen">[fn]Zechariah 14:5; 1 Corinthians 1:8; Philippians 1:10; 1 Thessalonians 5:23; 2 Thessalonians 2:17; 1 John 3:20-21; Jude 1:14;">[xr]
Etheridge Translation
and will establish your hearts without blame in holiness, before Aloha our Father, at the advent of our Lord Jeshu Meshiha with all his saints.
Murdock Translation
and establish your hearts unblamable in holiness, before God our Father; at the advent of our Lord Jesus the Messiah, with all his saints.
New King James Version
so that He may establish your hearts blameless in holiness before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all His saints.
New Living Translation
May 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.
New Life Bible
May our God and Father make your hearts strong and without blame. May your hearts be without sin in God's sight when our Lord Jesus comes again with all those who belong to Him.
English Revised Version
to the end he may stablish your hearts unblameable in holiness before our God and Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints.
New Revised Standard
And may he so strengthen your hearts in holiness that you may be blameless before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
To the end he may confirms your hearts, faultless in holiness, before our God and Father, in the Presence of our Lord Jesus with all his saints.
Douay-Rheims Bible
To confirm your hearts without blame, in holiness, before God and our Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, with all his saints. Amen.
Lexham English Bible
so that your hearts may be established blameless in holiness before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
To stablyshe your heartes vnblameable, in holynesse before God and our father, in the commyng of our Lorde Iesus Christe, with all his saintes.
Easy-to-Read Version
This will strengthen your desire to do what is right, and you will be holy and without fault before our God and Father when our Lord Jesus comes with all his holy people.
New American Standard Bible
so that He may establish your hearts blameless in holiness before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all His saints.
Good News Translation
In this way he will strengthen you, and you will be perfect and holy in the presence of our God and Father when our Lord Jesus comes with all who belong to him.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
that youre hertis ben confermyd with outen pleynt in holynesse, bifor God and oure fadir, in the comyng of oure Lord Jhesu Crist with alle hise seyntis. Amen.

Contextual Overview

11 Now God himself and our Father, and our Lord Jesus Christ, direct our way unto you. 12 And the Lord make you to increase and abound in love one toward another, and toward all men, even as we do toward you: 13 To the end he may stablish your hearts unblameable in holiness before God, even our Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all his saints.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

he may: 1 Thessalonians 5:23, Romans 14:4, Romans 16:25, 1 Corinthians 1:8, Philippians 1:10, 2 Thessalonians 2:16, 2 Thessalonians 2:17, 1 Peter 5:10, 1 John 3:20, 1 John 3:21

unblameable: Ephesians 5:27, Colossians 1:22, 1 John 3:20, 1 John 3:21, Jude 1:24

before: 1 Thessalonians 3:11

at the: 1 Thessalonians 2:19, 1 Thessalonians 4:15, 1 Thessalonians 5:23, 1 Corinthians 1:7, 1 Corinthians 15:23, 2 Thessalonians 2:1

with: Deuteronomy 33:2, Zechariah 14:5, 2 Thessalonians 1:10, Jude 1:14

Reciprocal: Psalms 7:9 - but Psalms 50:5 - my saints Proverbs 4:26 - let all thy ways be established Daniel 8:13 - one saint Mark 4:28 - first Luke 1:6 - blameless Acts 14:22 - Confirming Acts 14:23 - they commended Acts 16:5 - so Romans 1:11 - to the 1 Corinthians 6:2 - the saints 2 Corinthians 1:14 - in the 2 Corinthians 1:21 - stablisheth 2 Corinthians 7:1 - perfecting Galatians 1:4 - our Philippians 4:1 - so 1 Thessalonians 3:2 - to establish 1 Thessalonians 4:14 - sleep 1 Timothy 6:14 - until Hebrews 10:24 - love Hebrews 12:14 - and holiness Hebrews 13:21 - Make James 5:7 - unto 2 Peter 3:14 - in peace 1 John 2:28 - at his

Cross-References

Genesis 3:4
And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:
Genesis 3:6
And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.
Genesis 3:9
And the Lord God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou?
Genesis 3:10
And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.
Genesis 3:12
And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat.
Genesis 44:15
And Joseph said unto them, What deed is this that ye have done? wot ye not that such a man as I can certainly divine?
1 Samuel 13:11
And Samuel said, What hast thou done? And Saul said, Because I saw that the people were scattered from me, and that thou camest not within the days appointed, and that the Philistines gathered themselves together at Michmash;
2 Samuel 3:24
Then Joab came to the king, and said, What hast thou done? behold, Abner came unto thee; why is it that thou hast sent him away, and he is quite gone?
John 18:35
Pilate answered, Am I a Jew? Thine own nation and the chief priests have delivered thee unto me: what hast thou done?
1 Timothy 2:14
And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

To the end he may stablish your hearts,.... Which are very unstable and inconstant in their frames, and in the exercise of grace, and have need to be established in the love of God, against the fears of men, the frowns of the world, the temptations of Satan, and in, and with the doctrines of grace; :-,

unblamable in holiness before God, even our Father. There is no holiness in men naturally; what is in them without the grace of God is only a show; true holiness is from the Spirit of God; and this is a stable thing in itself, and can never be removed or taken away; but the acts of it, through the prevalence of corruption, the force of Satan's temptations, and the snares of the world, are fickle and inconstant; and the saints need to be established in the discharge of duty, as well as in the exercise of grace: and whereas the apostle prays, that they might be "unblamable in holiness", the Alexandrian copy reads, "in righteousness" so one of Stephens's; it must be observed, that no man is perfectly holy in this life; no man is without sin in himself, or lives without the commission of it; holiness in the best is imperfect; no man, as yet, is in himself sanctified wholly; there is no unblamable holiness but in Christ; and in him the saints are without spot and blemish, who is their sanctification and their righteousness; but in themselves they are full of spots and stains; yet through the grace of God their hearts may be so established with principles of holiness, and they may be so assisted in the acts of it daily, as to give no just cause of blame to men, and so to behave as to approve themselves "before God", who sees the heart, and knows from what principles all actions flow: and this the apostle desires may be at the coming of our Lord Jesus; or unto the coming of him, as in 1 Thessalonians 5:23 Either at death, when he comes into his garden, and gathers his lilies, and takes his to himself to be for ever with him; or at the day of judgment, when he comes to judge the quick and dead; and which coming of his is certain, and will be quickly and suddenly, and with great glory and power: and, as it is here added,

with all his saints; meaning either his holy angels, or rather the souls of his people, whom he will bring with him, and will raise their dead bodies, and reunite them to their souls, when they shall be for ever with him; and then shall they be unblamable in holiness, both in soul and body, and shall be presented by him, first to himself, and then to his Father, faultless, and without spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing. The Vulgate Latin, Arabic, and Ethiopic versions add, "Amen"; and so does Beza's ancient copy, and the Alexandrian manuscript.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

To the end he may stablish your hearts - That is, “may the Lord cause you to increase in love 1 Thessalonians 3:12, in order that you may be established, and be without blame in the day of judgment.” The idea is, that if charity were diffused through their hearts, they would abound in every virtue, and would be at length found blameless.

Unblameable - See the 1 Thessalonians 1:10 note; Philippians 2:15; Philippians 3:6 notes; Hebrews 8:7 note; compare Luke 1:6; 1 Thessalonians 5:23. The meaning is, so that there could be no “charge” or “accusation” against them.

In holiness - Not in outward conduct merely, or the observance of rites and forms of religion, but in purity of heart.

At the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ - To judge the world; notes, 1 Thessalonians 1:10. As we are to appear before him, we should so live that our Judge will find nothing in us to be blamed.

With all his saints - With all his “holy ones” - τῶν ἁγίων tōn hagiōn. The word includes his “angels,” who will come with him Matthew 25:31, and all the redeemed, who will then surround him. The idea is, that before that holy assemblage it is desirable that we should be prepared to appear blameless. We should be fitted to be welcomed to the “goodly fellowship” of the angels, and to be regarded as worthy to be numbered with the redeemed who” have washed their robes and have made them pure in the blood of the Lamb.” When we come to appear amidst that vast assemblage of holy beings, the honors of the world will appear to be small things; the wealth of the earth will appear worthless, and all the pleasures of this life beneath our notice. Happy will they be who are prepared for the solemnities of that day, and who shall have led such a life of holy love - of pure devotion to the Redeemer - of deadness to the world - and of zeal in the cause of pure religion of universal justice, fidelity, honesty, and truth, as to be without reproach, and to meet with the approbation of their Lord.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Thessalonians 3:13. To the end he may establish your hearts — Without love to God and man, there can be no establishment in the religion of Christ. It is love that produces both solidity and continuance. And, as love is the fulfilling of the law, he who is filled with love is unblamable in holiness: for he who has the love of God in him is a partaker of the Divine nature, for God is love.

At the coming of our Lord — God is coming to judge the world; every hour that passes on in the general lapse of time is advancing his approach; whatsoever he does is in reference to this great event: and whatsoever we do should be in reference to the same. But who in that great day shall give up his accounts with joy? That person only whose heart is established in holiness before God; i.e., so as to bear the eye and strict scrutiny of his Judge. Reader, lay this to heart, for thou knowest not what a moment may bring forth. When thy soul departs from thy body it will be the coming of the Lord to thee.


 
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