1 Thessalonians 2:12

and imploring you to live lives worthy of fellowship with God who is inviting you to share His own Kingship and glory.

Weymouth NT (1912)

In The King James Version

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

In Context

11For you know that we acted towards every one of you as a father does towards his own children, encouraging and cheering you,

13And for this further reason we render unceasing thanks to God, that when you received God's Message from our lips, it was as no mere message from men that you embraced it, but as--what it really is--God's Message, which also does its work in the hearts of you who believe.

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Cross References

Romans 8:28Now we know that for those who love God all things are working together for good--for those, I mean, whom with deliberate purpose He has called.

Romans 9:23in order to make known His infinite goodness towards the subjects of His mercy whom He has prepared beforehand for glory,

Galatians 5:16This then is what I mean. Let your lives be guided by the Spirit, and then you will certainly not indulge the cravings of your lower natures.

Ephesians 5:2And live and act lovingly, as Christ also loved you and gave Himself up to death on our behalf as an offering and sacrifice to God, yielding a fragrant odor.

Philippians 1:27Only let the lives you live be worthy of the Good News of the Christ, in order that, whether I come and see you or, being absent, only hear of you, I may know that you are standing fast in one spirit and with one mind, fighting shoulder to shoulder for the faith of the Good News.

Colossians 2:6As therefore you have received the Christ, even Jesus our Lord, live and act in vital union with Him;

Matthew Henry on 1 Thessalonians 2:8-13

The Primitive Ministers. ( a. d. 51.) 7 But we were gentle among you, even as a nurse cherisheth her children: 8 So being affectionately desirous of you, we were willing to have imparted unto you, not the gospel of God only, but also our own souls, because ye were dear unto us. 9 For ye remember, brethren, our labour and travail: for labouring night and day, because we would not be chargeable unto any of you, we preached unto you the gospel of God. 10 Ye are witnesses, and God also, how holily and justly and… Read the whole commentary →

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