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1 Thessalonians 2:12

Following JesusComfortThe kingdom of God

10 Ye are witnesses, and God also, how holily and justly and unblameably we behaved ourselves among you that believe:

11 As ye know how we exhorted and comforted and charged every one of you, as a father doth his children,

That ye would walk worthy of God, who hath called you unto his kingdom and glory.

13 For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which effectually worketh also in you that believe.

14 For ye, brethren, became followers of the churches of God which in Judaea are in Christ Jesus: for ye also have suffered like things of your own countrymen, even as they have of 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.

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Cross references

  • Ephesians 4:1

    I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called,

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  • 1 John 2:6

    He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked.

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  • 1 John 1:6–7

    If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth:

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  • 2 Thessalonians 2:13–14

    But we are bound to give thanks alway to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth:

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  • 1 Thessalonians 4:12

    That ye may walk honestly toward them that are without, and that ye may have lack of nothing.

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  • 1 Peter 5:10

    But 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.

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  • 2 Thessalonians 1:11–12

    Wherefore also we pray always for you, that our God would count you worthy of this calling, and fulfil all the good pleasure of his goodness, and the work of faith with power:

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  • Ephesians 5:2

    And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour.

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