11 translations · Greek
1 Thessalonians 5:18
In everything give thanks, for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus toward you.
1 Thessalonians 5:18 in 11 translations
- WEB World English Bible
- In everything give thanks, for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus toward you.
- KJV King James Version
- In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- Give thanks in every circumstance, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.
- ASV American Standard Version
- in everything give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus to you-ward.
- LSV Literal Standard Version
- give thanks in everything, for this [is] the will of God in Christ Jesus in regard to you.
- FBV Free Bible Version
- be thankful in every situation—because this is what God in Christ Jesus wants you to do.
- YLT Young’s Literal Translation
- in every thing give thanks, for this [is] the will of God in Christ Jesus in regard to you.
- DBY Darby Translation
- in everything give thanks, for this is [the] will of God in Christ Jesus towards you;
- WBT Webster’s Bible
- In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.
- WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
- In everything give thanks, for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus toward you.
- DRA Douay-Rheims 1899
- In all things give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you all.
The Greek words
Each word of the Greek text in order, with its transliteration, the Berean Standard Bible’s English for it, and its Strong’s number and short definition.
| Word | Transliteration | English (BSB) | Strong’s |
|---|---|---|---|
| ἐν | en | in | G1722 ἐν in/on/among |
| παντὶ | panti | every circumstance | G3956 πᾶς all |
| εὐχαριστεῖτε | eucharisteite | Give thanks | G2168 εὐχαριστέω to thank |
| τοῦτο | touto | this [is] | G3778 οὗτος this/he/she/it |
| γὰρ | gar | for | G1063 γάρ for |
| θέλημα | thelēma | will | G2307 θέλημα will/desire |
| Θεοῦ | Theou | God’s | G2316 θεός God |
| ἐν | en | in | G1722 ἐν in/on/among |
| Χριστῷ | Christō | Christ | G5547 Χριστός Christ |
| Ἰησοῦ | Iēsou | Jesus | G2424 Ἰησοῦς Jesus |
| εἰς | eis | for | G1519 εἰς toward |
| ὑμᾶς | hymas | you | G4771 σύ you |
Related verses
- Ephesians 5:20
giving thanks always concerning all things in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to God, even the Father;
- Philippians 4:6
In nothing be anxious, but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God.
- Colossians 3:17
Whatever you do, in word or in deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father, through him.
- Hebrews 13:15
Through him, then, let us offer up a sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of lips which proclaim allegiance to his name.
- Job 1:21
He said, “Naked I came out of my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return there. Yahweh gave, and Yahweh has taken away. Blessed be Yahweh’s name.”
- 1 Peter 4:2
that you no longer should live the rest of your time in the flesh for the lusts of men, but for the will of God.
- Psalm 34:1
I will bless Yahweh at all times. His praise will always be in my mouth.
- 1 Peter 2:15
For this is the will of God, that by well-doing you should put to silence the ignorance of foolish men:
- 1 John 2:17
The world is passing away with its lusts, but he who does God’s will remains forever.
- 1 Thessalonians 4:3
For this is the will of God: your sanctification, that you abstain from sexual immorality,
Cross references from OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0, most-voted first; text from the World English Bible.
In context
16 Rejoice always.
17 Pray without ceasing.
18 In everything give thanks, for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus toward you.
19 Don’t quench the Spirit.
20 Don’t despise prophesies.
Read all of 1 Thessalonians 5 in the World English Bible.
Edition and source notes
Each translation is shown as its source prints it, in its own verse numbering; where an edition numbers this verse differently, its own reference is given. The World English Bible, King James Version and Berean Standard Bible link to their chapter pages. Edition notes.
Literal Standard Version (2020) © Covenant Press and the Covenant Christian Coalition, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license. Free Bible Version (2018) © Dr. Jonathan Gallagher, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license.
The original words and their English come from the Berean Standard Bible translation tables (public domain); lemmas and short definitions from STEPBible (CC BY 4.0), with Greek definitions based on Abbott-Smith.
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