1 Thessalonians 5:24 BSB

1 Thessalonians 5:24

The One who calls you is faithful, and He will do it.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

Faithful is he that calleth you, who will also do it.

KJV

Faithful is he that calleth you, who also will do it.

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Commentary

2 voices

Theophylact of Ohrid

Commentary on 1 Thessalonians (1107)

Look, what humility! After he offered a prayer for them, he says: do not think that you will be saved by my prayers, but by the goodness of the God who called you. For if He called you to salvation, and He is faithful, that …

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The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

Faithful is he that calleth you,.... Into the fellowship of his Son, and to his kingdom and glory, and who continues to do so, not only externally by his word, but internally by his Spirit and grace. Who also will do it. Two things the apostle mentions as the ground of confidence that the above petition, would be heard and answered; that is, that God would wholly sanctify them, and preserve the whole of them blameless to the coming of Christ; and they are the faithfulness of God, and the effectual calling of his saints.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

The kindness and love of God had appeared to them in calling them to the knowledge of his truth, and the faithfulness of God was their security that they should persevere to the end; and therefore, the apostle assures them, God would do what he desired; he would effect what he had promised; he would accomplish all the good pleasure of his goodness towards them.

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Original language & word study

7 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
πιστὸς	pistos	[Is] faithful	G4103 →
ὁ	ho	the [One]	G3588 →
καλῶν	kalōn	calling	G2564 →
ὑμᾶς,	humas	you,	G4771 →
ὃς	hos	who	G3739 →
καὶ	kai	also	G2532 →
ποιήσει.¶	poiēsei	will do [it].	G4160 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Numbers 23:19
God is not a man, that He should lie, or a son of man, that He should change His mind. Does He speak and not act? Does He promise and not fulfill?
leads to
- Titus 1:2
  in the hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before time began.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- 1 Samuel 15:29
  Moreover, the Glory of Israel does not lie or change His mind, for He is not a man, that He should change His mind.”
- James 1:17
  Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, with whom there is no change or shifting shadow.
- Malachi 3:6
  “Because I, the LORD, do not change, you descendants of Jacob have not been destroyed.
Through
1 Corinthians 1:9
God, who has called you into fellowship with His Son Jesus Christ our Lord, is faithful.
leads to
- 2 Thessalonians 3:3
  But the Lord is faithful, and He will strengthen you and guard you from the evil one.
  Reached by 3 independent paths from here.
Through
2 Thessalonians 3:3
But the Lord is faithful, and He will strengthen you and guard you from the evil one.
leads to
- 1 Corinthians 1:9
  God, who has called you into fellowship with His Son Jesus Christ our Lord, is faithful.
  Reached by 3 independent paths from here.
- 1 Corinthians 10:13
  No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; He will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, He will…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
Deuteronomy 7:9
Know therefore that the LORD your God is God, the faithful God who keeps His covenant of loving devotion for a thousand generations of those who love Him and keep His commandments.
leads to
- Hebrews 10:23
  Let us hold resolutely to the hope we profess, for He who promised is faithful.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About 1 Thessalonians

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About 1 Thessalonians