1 Thessalonians 3:13

“so as to strengthen your hearts blameless in holiness before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints.”

1 Thessalonians 3:13 · direct translation from the Greek
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1 Thessalonians 3:13, word by word

to strengthenστηρίξαιstērixai

strengthen

To make someone strong and steady.

Where else “stērixai” appears
your heartsκαρδίαςkardias

heart

Heart: the center of the person, where one thinks, feels and decides.

Where else “kardias” appears
blamelessἀμέμπτουςamemptous

blameless

Blameless, free from fault.

Where else “amemptous” appears
holinessἁγιωσύνῃhagiōsynēi

holiness

Holiness: the condition of what is holy, set apart for God.

Where else “hagiōsynēi” appears
beforeἔμπροσθενemprosthen

before, in front of

In front of, before.

Where else “emprosthen” appears
Godθεοῦtheou

God

The Creator and Lord of all, the one God of Israel.

Where else “theou” appears
Fatherπατρὸςpatros

Father

God, who gives life and cares for his own; the Father of Jesus.

Where else “patros” appears
the comingπαρουσίᾳparousiai

coming

The arrival of Jesus in glory at the end.

Where else “parousiai” appears
of our Lordκυρίουkyriou

Lord

The Lord: God, whose name is YHWH; also Jesus.

Where else “kyriou” appears
JesusἸησοῦIēsou

Jesus

Jesus, the Greek form of the Hebrew Yehoshua (Joshua), which means "YHWH saves". It is the name the angel told Joseph to give him (Matthew 1:21).

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his saintsἁγίωνhagiōn

saints

Believers, set apart because they belong to God.

Where else “hagiōn” appears

Translation note· on the manuscripts

It recalls Zechariah 14:5. Some manuscripts add “Amen.”

The context

12And may the Lord cause you to increase and abound in love for one another and for all, just as we also do for you,

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