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King James Version

1 Thessalonians 5:18

In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Commandments;   Jesus Continued;   Prayer;   Religion;   Thankfulness;   Thompson Chain Reference - Daily Duty;   Duty;   Gratitude-Ingratitude;   Thankfulness;   Thanksgiving;   The Topic Concordance - Thankfulness;   Will of God;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Thanksgiving;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Holy spirit;   Joy;   Thanksgiving;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Sanctification;   Thankfulness, Thanksgiving;   Thessalonians, First and Second, Theology of;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Constancy;   Fellowship;   Grace at Meals;   Ordinances of the Gospel;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Fellowship;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Thessalonians, the Epistles to the;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Worship;   1 Thessalonians;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Perfection;   Thessalonians, First Epistle to the;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Impotence;   Joy;   Thanksgiving;   Thessalonians Epistles to the;  

Devotionals:

- Chip Shots from the Ruff of Life - Devotion for April 28;   Every Day Light - Devotion for December 14;  

Parallel Translations

New American Standard Bible (1995)
in everything give thanks; for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus.
Legacy Standard Bible
in everything give thanks, for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus.
Simplified Cowboy Version
and be thankful for the hills and valleys of life; for this is what God wants from you. And the only way to accomplish any of this is through your personal ride with Christ.
Bible in Basic English
In everything give praise: for this is the purpose of God in Christ Jesus for you.
Darby Translation
in everything give thanks, for this is [the] will of God in Christ Jesus towards you;
Christian Standard Bible®
Give thanks in everything, for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus.
World English Bible
In everything give thanks, for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus toward you.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.
Weymouth's New Testament
In every circumstance of life be thankful; for this is God's will in Christ Jesus respecting you.
King James Version (1611)
In euery thing giue thankes: for this is the will of God in Christ Iesus concerning you.
Literal Translation
In everything give thanks, for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus toward you.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
in all thinges be thankfull: for this is the wyll of God in Christ Iesu towarde you.
Mace New Testament (1729)
be thankful to God for every thing, for so christians are oblig'd to be.
Amplified Bible
in every situation [no matter what the circumstances] be thankful and continually give thanks to God; for this is the will of God for you in Christ Jesus.
American Standard Version
in everything give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus to you-ward.
Revised Standard Version
give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
In all thinges geve thankes. For this is the wyll of God in Christ Iesu towarde you.
Update Bible Version
in everything give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus toward you.
Webster's Bible Translation
In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.
Young's Literal Translation
in every thing give thanks, for this [is] the will of God in Christ Jesus in regard to you.
New Century Version
and give thanks whatever happens. That is what God wants for you in Christ Jesus.
New English Translation
in everything give thanks. For this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus.
Berean Standard Bible
Give thanks in every circumstance, for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus.
Contemporary English Version
Whatever happens, keep thanking God because of Jesus Christ. This is what God wants you to do.
Complete Jewish Bible
In everything give thanks, for this is what God wants from you who are united with the Messiah Yeshua.
English Standard Version
give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.
Geneva Bible (1587)
In all thinges giue thankes: for this is the will of God in Christ Iesus toward you.
George Lamsa Translation
In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Jesus Christ concerning you.
Hebrew Names Version
In everything give thanks, for this is the will of God in Messiah Yeshua toward you.
International Standard Version
In everything be thankful, because this is God's will in Christ Jesus for you.Ephesians 5:20; Colossians 3:17;">[xr]
Etheridge Translation
and in every thing give thanks; for this is the will of Aloha in Jeshu Meshiha concerning you.
Murdock Translation
And in every thing be thankful: For this is the pleasure of God in Jesus the Messiah, concerning you.
New King James Version
in everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.
New Living Translation
Be thankful in all circumstances, for this is God's will for you who belong to Christ Jesus.
New Life Bible
In everything give thanks. This is what God wants you to do because of Christ Jesus.
English Revised Version
in everything give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus to you–ward.
New Revised Standard
give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
In everything, give thanks, - for, this, is a thing willed of God, in Christ Jesus, towards you:
Douay-Rheims Bible
In all things give thanks for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you all.
Lexham English Bible
give thanks in everything; for this is the will of God for you in Christ Jesus.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
In all thinges geue thankes. For this [is] the wyl of God in Christe Iesus towarde you.
Easy-to-Read Version
Whatever happens, always be thankful. This is how God wants you to live in Christ Jesus.
New American Standard Bible
in everything give thanks; for this is the will of God for you in Christ Jesus.
Good News Translation
be thankful in all circumstances. This is what God wants from you in your life in union with Christ Jesus.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
For this is the wille of God in Crist Jhesu, in alle you.

Contextual Overview

16 Rejoice evermore. 17 Pray without ceasing. 18 In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you. 19 Quench not the Spirit. 20 Despise not prophesyings. 21 Prove all things; hold fast that which is good. 22 Abstain from all appearance of evil.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

every: Ephesians 5:20, Philippians 4:6, Colossians 3:17, Job 1:21, Psalms 34:1, Hebrews 13:15

for: 1 Thessalonians 4:3, 1 Peter 2:15, 1 Peter 4:2, 1 John 2:17

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 8:10 - thou hast Ruth 4:14 - Blessed Nehemiah 11:17 - thanksgiving Psalms 50:14 - Offer Psalms 106:1 - O give Daniel 6:10 - gave Daniel 6:20 - servest Matthew 6:10 - Thy will Matthew 7:21 - that Luke 22:19 - gave thanks John 6:11 - when 1 Corinthians 1:14 - thank Ephesians 5:4 - but Ephesians 5:17 - understanding Colossians 2:7 - with Colossians 3:15 - and be Colossians 4:2 - Continue

Cross-References

Genesis 4:17
And Cain knew his wife; and she conceived, and bare Enoch: and he builded a city, and called the name of the city, after the name of his son, Enoch.
Genesis 5:14
And all the days of Cainan were nine hundred and ten years: and he died.
Genesis 5:15
And Mahalaleel lived sixty and five years, and begat Jared:
1 Chronicles 1:3
Henoch, Methuselah, Lamech,
Luke 3:37
Which was the son of Mathusala, which was the son of Enoch, which was the son of Jared, which was the son of Maleleel, which was the son of Cainan,

Gill's Notes on the Bible

In everything give thanks,.... That is, to God the Father, in the name of Christ; see Ephesians 5:20 thanks are to be given to him for all things, as the Ethiopic version renders it; for all temporal good things; for our beings, the preservation of them; for food and raiment, and all the mercies of life; for the means of grace, the word and ordinances, and the ministers of the Gospel; for spiritual blessings, for electing, redeeming, regenerating, adopting, pardoning, justifying, and persevering grace: for a meetness for heaven, a right unto it, and a good hope of it; and especially for Jesus Christ, for such an husband, such an head, such a surety and Saviour, and advocate with the Father, as he is; and for life, peace, joy, comfort, righteousness, and salvation in him: and thanks should be given to God in every circumstance of life; in adversity, as Job did; when not in so comfortable and agreeable a frame of soul as to be wished for, since it might be worse, and is not black despair; even under the temptations of Satan, since they might be greater and heavier, and since the grace of God is sufficient to bear up under them, and deliver out of them, and since there is such a sympathizing high priest and Saviour; and in afflictions of every kind, since they are all for good, temporal, or spiritual, or eternal.

For this is the will of God; which may refer either to all that is said from 1 Thessalonians 5:11 to this passage, or particularly to this of giving thanks; which is the revealed and declared will of God, is a part of that good, perfect, and acceptable will of his, and what is well pleasing in his sight, and grateful to him; see Psalms 69:30 and is

in Christ Jesus concerning you; either declared in and by him, who has made known the whole of the will of God, and so the Arabic version, "which he wills of you by Jesus Christ"; or which is exemplified in Christ, who for, and in all things, gave thanks to God, and had his will resigned to his in every circumstance of life; or, which being done, is acceptable to God through Christ. The Alexandrian copy reads, "for this is the will of God towards you in Christ Jesus"; that is, with respect to you who are in Christ secretly by election, and openly by the effectual calling; and who, of all men in the world, have reason to be thankful for everything, and in every circumstance.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

In every thing give thanks - See the Ephesians 5:20 note; Philippians 4:6 note. We can always find something to be thankful for, and there may be reasons why we ought to be thankful for even those dispensations which appear dark and frowning. Chrysostom, once the archbishop of Constantinople, and then driven into exile, persecuted, and despised, died far away form all the splendors of the capital, and all the comforts and honors which he had enjoyed, uttering his favorite motto - δόξα τῷ Θεῷ πάντων ἕνεκεν doxa tō Theō pantōn heneken - “glory to God for all things.” Bibliotheca Sacra, 1:700. So we may praise God for everything that happens to us under his government. A man owes a debt of obligation to him for anything which will recall him from his wanderings, and which will prepare him for heaven. Are there any dealings of God toward people which do not contemplate such an end? Is a man ever made to drink the cup of affliction when no drop of mercy is intermingled? Is he ever visited with calamity which does not in some way contemplate his own temporal or eternal good! Could we see all, we should see that we are never placed in circumstances in which there is not much for which we should thank God. And when, in his dealings, a cloud seems to cover his face, let us remember the good things without number which we have received, and especially remember that we are in the world of redeeming love, and we shall find enough for which to be thankful.

For this is the will of God - That is, that you should be grateful. This is what God is pleased to require you to perform in the name of the Lord Jesus. In the gift of that Saviour he has laid the foundation for that claim, and he requires that you should not be unmindful of the obligation; see the notes, Hebrews 13:15.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 18. In every thing give thanks — For this reason, that all things work together for good to them that love God; therefore, every occurrence may be a subject of gratitude and thankfulness. While ye live to God, prosperity and adversity will be equally helpful to you.

For this is the will of God — That ye should be always happy; that ye should ever be in the spirit of prayer; and that ye should profit by every occurrence in life, and be continually grateful and obedient; for gratitude and obedience are inseparably connected.


 
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