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1 Thessalonians 2:12

Following JesusComfortThe kingdom of God

10 You are witnesses, and so is God, of how holy, righteous, and blameless our conduct was among you who believed.

11 For you know that we treated each of you as a father treats his own children—

encouraging you, comforting you, and urging you to walk in a manner worthy of God, who calls you into His own kingdom and glory.

13 And we continually thank God because, when you received the word of God that you heard from us, you accepted it not as the word of men, but as the true word of God—the word which is now at work in you who believe.

14 For you, brothers, became imitators of the churches of God in Judea that are in Christ Jesus. You suffered from your own countrymen the very things they suffered from the Jews,

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BSB
encouraging you, comforting you, and urging you to walk in a manner worthy of God, who calls you into His own kingdom and glory.
KJV
That ye would walk worthy of God, who hath called you unto his kingdom and glory.
WEB
to the end that you should walk worthily of God, who calls you into his own Kingdom and glory.
ASV
to the end that ye should walk worthily of God, who calleth you into his own kingdom and glory.
DARBY
that ye should walk worthy of God, who calls you to his own kingdom and glory.
BLB
[we] were exhorting and comforting you⁺ and charging unto you⁺ to walk worthily of God, the One calling you⁺ into His own kingdom and glory.
ÅB
og ba dere inderlig å vandre verdig for Gud, som har kalt dere til sitt rike og sin herlighet.
OTB
slik at dere skulle leve på en måte verdig den Gud som kaller dere inn i sitt eget rike og herlighet.
B1930
og bad eder inderlig å vandre verdig for Gud, som har kalt eder til sitt rike og sin herlighet.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Ephesians 4:1

    As a prisoner in the Lord, then, I urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling you have received:

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  • 1 John 2:6

    Whoever claims to abide in Him must walk as Jesus walked.

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  • 1 John 1:6–7

    If we say we have fellowship with Him yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth.

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  • 2 Thessalonians 2:13–14

    But we should always thank God for you, brothers who are loved by the Lord, because God has chosen you from the beginning to be saved by the sanctification of the Spirit and by faith in the truth.

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  • 1 Thessalonians 4:12

    Then you will behave properly toward outsiders, without being dependent on anyone.

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  • 1 Peter 5:10

    And after you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to His eternal glory in Christ, will Himself restore you, secure you, strengthen you, and establish you.

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  • 2 Thessalonians 1:11–12

    To this end, we always pray for you, that our God will count you worthy of His calling, and that He will powerfully fulfill your every good desire and work of faith,

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  • Ephesians 5:2

    and walk in love, just as Christ loved us and gave Himself up for us as a fragrant sacrificial offering to God.

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