11 translations · Greek
1 Thessalonians 5:23
May the God of peace himself sanctify you completely. May your whole spirit, soul, and body be preserved blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
1 Thessalonians 5:23 in 11 translations
- WEB World English Bible
- May the God of peace himself sanctify you completely. May your whole spirit, soul, and body be preserved blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
- KJV King James Version
- 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.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you completely, and may your entire spirit, soul, and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
- ASV American Standard Version
- And the God of peace himself sanctify you wholly; and may your spirit and soul and body be preserved entire, without blame at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
- LSV Literal Standard Version
- and may the God of peace Himself sanctify you wholly, and may your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved, unblameably at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ;
- FBV Free Bible Version
- May the God of peace himself make you completely holy, and may your whole being—body, mind and spirit—be kept blameless for when our Lord Jesus Christ returns.
- YLT Young’s Literal Translation
- and the God of the peace Himself sanctify you wholly, and may your whole spirit, and soul, and body, be preserved unblameably in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ;
- DBY Darby Translation
- Now the God of peace himself sanctify you wholly: and your whole spirit, and soul, and body be preserved blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
- WBT Webster’s Bible
- And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body may be preserved blameless to the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
- WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
- May the God of peace himself sanctify you completely. May your whole spirit, soul, and body be preserved blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
- DRA Douay-Rheims 1899
- And may the God of peace himself sanctify you in all things; that your whole spirit, and soul, and body, may be preserved blameless in the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Αὐτὸς | Autos | Himself | G846 αὐτός it/s/he |
| δὲ | de | Now | G1161 δέ then |
| ὁ | ho | {may} the | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| Θεὸς | Theos | God | G2316 θεός God |
| τῆς | tēs | — | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| εἰρήνης | eirēnēs | of peace | G1515 εἰρήνη peace |
| ἁγιάσαι | hagiasai | sanctify | G37 ἁγιάζω to sanctify |
| ὑμᾶς | hymas | you | G4771 σύ you |
| ὁλοτελεῖς | holoteleis | completely | G3651 ὁλοτελής wholly |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 καί and |
| ὁλόκληρον | holoklēron | entire | G3648 ὁλόκληρος whole |
| ὑμῶν | hymōn | {may} your | G4771 σύ you |
| τὸ | to | — | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| πνεῦμα | pneuma | spirit | G4151 πνεῦμα spirit/breath: spirit |
| καὶ | kai | — | G2532 καί and |
| ἡ | hē | — | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| ψυχὴ | psychē | soul | G5590 ψυχή soul |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 καί and |
| τὸ | to | — | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| σῶμα | sōma | body | G4983 σῶμα body |
| ἀμέμπτως | amemptōs | blameless | G274 ἀμέμπτως blamelessly |
| ἐν | en | at | G1722 ἐν in/on/among |
| τῇ | tē | the | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| παρουσίᾳ | parousia | coming | G3952 παρουσία coming |
| τοῦ | tou | — | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| Κυρίου | Kyriou | Lord | G2962 κύριος lord: God |
| ἡμῶν | hēmōn | of our | G1473 ἐγώ I/we |
| Ἰησοῦ | Iēsou | Jesus | G2424 Ἰησοῦς Jesus |
| Χριστοῦ | Christou | Christ | G5547 Χριστός Christ |
| τηρηθείη | tērētheiē | be kept | G5083 τηρέω to keep: observe |
Related verses
- Jude 1:24
Now to him who is able to keep them from stumbling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory in great joy,
- 1 Corinthians 1:8–9
who will also confirm you until the end, blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. God is faithful, through whom you were called into the fellowship of his Son, Jesus Christ, our Lord.
- Hebrews 4:12
For the word of God is living and active, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and is able to discern the thoughts and intentions of the heart.
- 1 Thessalonians 3:13
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.
- 1 Peter 5:10
But may the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a little while, perfect, establish, strengthen, and settle you.
- Ephesians 5:26–27
that he might sanctify it, having cleansed it by the washing of water with the word, that he might present the assembly to himself gloriously, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without defect.
- Philippians 1:6
being confident of this very thing, that he who began a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ.
- Philippians 1:10
so that you may approve the things that are excellent; that you may be sincere and without offense to the day of Christ;
- Philippians 2:15–16
that you may become blameless and harmless, children of God without defect in the middle of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you are seen as lights in the world, holding up the word of life; that I may have something to boast in the day of Christ, that I didn’t run in vain nor labor in vain.
- 1 Peter 1:2
according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in sanctification of the Spirit, that you may obey Jesus Christ and be sprinkled with his blood: Grace to you and peace be multiplied.
Cross references from OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0, most-voted first; text from the World English Bible.
In context
21 Test all things, and hold firmly that which is good.
22 Abstain from every form of evil.
23 May the God of peace himself sanctify you completely. May your whole spirit, soul, and body be preserved blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
24 He who calls you is faithful, who will also do it.
25 Brothers, pray for us.
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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