1 Thessalonians 1:4 KJV — MannaFest

1 Thessalonians 1:4

Knowing, brethren beloved, your election of God.

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ASV

knowing, brethren beloved of God, your election,

WEB

Brothers who are beloved by God, we know that He has chosen you,

YLT

having known, brethren beloved, by God, your election,

DBT

knowing, brethren beloved byGod, your election.

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1 Thessalonians — Paul's earliest letter. Thanksgiving for a young church's faith, and plain teaching on holy living and the return of Christ.

Author: Paul, with Silvanus and Timothy (1:1)
Date: c. AD 50–51, from Corinth

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Isaiah 44:2
Thus saith the Lord that made thee, and formed thee from the womb, which will help thee; Fear not, O Jacob, my servant; and thou, Jesurun, whom I have chosen.
2 Thessalonians 2:13
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:
Romans 8:33
Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God’s elect? It is God that justifieth.
Titus 3:4–5
But after that the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man appeared,
2 Peter 1:10
Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall:

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Speaking of their election, he calls them, brethren beloved; for the original of the brotherhood that is between Christians and the relation wherein they stand one to another is election. And it is a good reason why we should love one another, because we are all beloved of God, and were beloved of him in his counsels when there was not any thing in us to merit his love.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

Knowing--Forasmuch as we know. your election of God--The Greek is rather, "beloved by God"; so Ro 1:7; "Your election" means that God has elected you as individual believers to eternal life (Ro 11:5, 7;

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

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