Nowδὲmay the Godὁ θεὸςof peaceτῆς εἰρήνηςhimselfΑὐτὸςsanctifyἁγιάσαιyouὑμᾶςcompletely,ὁλοτελεῖςandκαὶmay yourὑμῶνspiritτὸ πνεῦμαandκαὶsoulἡ ψυχὴandκαὶbodyτὸ σῶμαbe keptτηρηθείηwhole,ὁλόκληρονblameless,ἀμέμπτωςatἐνthe comingτῇ παρουσίᾳof our Lordτοῦ κυρίου ἡμῶνJesusἸησοῦthe Messiah.Χριστοῦ
1 Thessalonians 5:23
Study it in the app“Now may the God of peace himself sanctify you completely, and may your spirit and soul and body be kept whole, blameless, at the coming of our Lord Jesus the Messiah.”
Paul asks that God keep them whole until his comingJesus Will Return
With the Greek beneath
1 Thessalonians 5:23, word by word
- may the Godθεὸςtheos
God
The Creator and Lord of all, the one God of Israel.
Where else “theos” appears- of peaceεἰρήνηςeirēnēs
peace with God
The calm God gives: being on good terms with him.
Where else “eirēnēs” appears- sanctifyἁγιάσαιhagiasai
sanctify
To cleanse from sin and change one's life.
Where else “hagiasai” appears- completelyὁλοτελεῖςholoteleis
wholly, completely
Complete, whole; through and through.
Where else “holoteleis” appears- spiritπνεῦμαpneuma
spirit
A person's spirit, their inner self.
Where else “pneuma” appears- soulψυχὴpsychē
soul
A person's innermost self: what they feel and desire.
Where else “psychē” appears- bodyσῶμαsōma
body
The person in his physical part, living or dead.
Where else “sōma” appears- be keptτηρηθείηtērētheiē
guard
To protect, watch over, or set aside for later.
Where else “tērētheiē” appears- wholeὁλόκληρονholoklēron
whole, complete
Whole, complete in every part, sound.
Where else “holoklēron” appears- blamelessἀμέμπτωςamemptōs
blamelessly
Blamelessly: in a way no one can find fault with.
Where else “amemptōs” 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).
Where else “Iēsou” appears- the MessiahΧριστοῦChristou
Messiah
Messiah: literally "anointed", the king or envoy God consecrates with oil. It is a title, not a surname; in Hebrew, mashiach.
Where else “Christou” appears
The context
22Abstain from every form of evil.
23 · This verse (above)
24Faithful is the one who calls you, who will also do it.