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.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
1 Thessalonians 5:23
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.
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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.
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.
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.
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;
Surrounding context — 1 Thessalonians 5
20 Despise not prophesyings.
21 Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.
22 Abstain from all appearance of evil.
23 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.
24 Faithful [is] he that calleth you, who also will do [it].
25 Brethren, pray for us.
26 Greet all the brethren with an holy kiss.
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αὐτὸςG846 · autosit/s/heδὲG1161 · dethenὁG3588 · hothe/this/whoθεὸςG2316 · theosGodτῆςG3588 · hothe/this/whoεἰρήνηςG1515 · eirēnēpeaceἁγιάσαιG37 · hagiazōto sanctifyὑμᾶςG4771 · suyouὁλοτελεῖς,G3651 · holotelēswhollyκαὶG2532 · kaiandὁλόκληρονG3648 · holoklēroswholeὑμῶνG4771 · suyouτὸG3588 · hothe/this/whoπνεῦμαG4151 · pneumaspirit/breath: spiritκαὶG2532 · kaiandἡG3588 · hothe/this/whoψυχὴG5590 · psuchēsoulκαὶG2532 · kaiandτὸG3588 · hothe/this/whoσῶμαG4983 · sōmabodyἀμέμπτωςG274 · amemptōsblamelesslyἐνG1722 · enin/on/amongτῇG3588 · hothe/this/whoπαρουσίᾳG3952 · parousiacomingτοῦG3588 · hothe/this/whoκυρίουG2962 · kurioslord: GodἡμῶνG3165 · memeἸησοῦG2424 · IēsousJesusΧριστοῦG5547 · ChristosChristτηρηθείη.G5083 · tēreōto keep: observe
Cross-references
Jude 1:24Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present [you] faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy,Hebrews 4:12For the word of God [is] quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and [is] a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.1 Corinthians 1:8-9Who shall also confirm you unto the end, [that ye may be] blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.1 Thessalonians 3:13To 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.1 Peter 5:10But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle [you].Ephesians 5:26-27That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,Philippians 1:6Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform [it] until the day of Jesus Christ:Philippians 2:15-16That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world;Philippians 1:10That ye may approve things that are excellent; that ye may be sincere and without offence till the day of Christ;1 Peter 1:2Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied.Leviticus 20:8And ye shall keep my statutes, and do them: I [am] the LORD which sanctify you.Colossians 1:22In the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight:2 Peter 3:14Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of him in peace, without spot, and blameless.Romans 15:13Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.Hebrews 2:11For both he that sanctifieth and they who are sanctified [are] all of one: for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren,Hebrews 13:20Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant,1 Corinthians 14:33For God is not [the author] of confusion, but of peace, as in all churches of the saints.Romans 15:5Now the God of patience and consolation grant you to be likeminded one toward another according to Christ Jesus:
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