1 Thessalonians 3:13

American Standard Version (1901)

to the end he may establish your hearts unblameable in holiness before our God and Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Εἰς τὸ στηρίξαι ὑμῶν τὰς καρδίας ἀμέμπτους ἐν ἁγιωσύνῃ ἔμπροσθεν τοῦ Θεοῦ, καὶ Πατρὸς ἡμῶν, ἐν τῇ παρουσίᾳ τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ μετὰ πάντων τῶν ἁγίων αὐτοῦ.

Transliteration

To the stērixai of you the kardias amemptous in hagiōsynē emprosthen the Theou, and Patros of us, in the parousia of the Kyriou of us Iēsou Christou with all the hagiōn of him.

Grammar Details

• *stērixai*: aorist active infinitive - to establish/strengthen
• *kardias*: accusative plural feminine - hearts
• *amemptous*: adjective, accusative plural feminine - blameless/unblameable
• *hagiōsynē*: dative singular feminine - holiness
• *emprosthen*: preposition + genitive - before/in the presence of
• *Theou*: genitive singular masculine - of God
• *Patros*: genitive singular masculine - of Father
• *parousia*: dative singular feminine - coming/arrival/presence
• *Kyriou*: genitive singular masculine - of Lord
• *Iēsou Christou*: genitive singular masculine - of Jesus Christ
• *hagiōn*: genitive plural masculine - of holy ones/saints

Word Meanings

• *stērixai*: to establish/strengthen/make firm
• *amemptous*: blameless/unblameable/without reproach
• *hagiōsynē*: holiness/sanctification
• *parousia*: coming/arrival/presence/advent

Referenced Verses

• 1 Thess 5:23 : 23 And the God of peace himself sanctify you wholly; and may your spirit and soul and body be preserved entire, without blame at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
• Col 1:22 : 22 yet now hath he reconciled in the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and without blemish and unreproveable before him:
• 1 Thess 2:19 : 19 For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of glorying? Are not even ye, before our Lord Jesus at his coming?
• Eph 5:27 : 27 that he might present the church to himself a glorious [church], not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.
• 1 John 3:20-21 : 20 because if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things. 21 Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, we have boldness toward God;
• Jude 1:14 : 14 And to these also Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied, saying, Behold, the Lord came with ten thousands of his holy ones,
• Zech 14:5 : 5 And ye shall flee by the valley of my mountains; for the valley of the mountains shall reach unto Azel; yea, ye shall flee, like as ye fled from before the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah; and Jehovah my God shall come, and all the holy ones with thee.
• 1 Cor 1:7-8 : 7 so that ye come behind in no gift; waiting for the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ; 8 who shall also confirm you unto the end, [that ye be] unreproveable in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.
• 1 Cor 15:23 : 23 But each in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; then they that are Christ's, at his coming.
• Rom 14:4 : 4 Who art thou that judgest the servant of another? to his own lord he standeth or falleth. Yea, he shall be made to stand; for the Lord hath power to make him stand.
• Rom 16:25 : 25 Now to him that is able to establish you according to my gospel and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery which hath been kept in silence through times eternal,
• 1 Thess 3:11 : 11 Now may our God and Father himself, and our Lord Jesus, direct our way unto you:
• 1 Thess 4:15 : 15 For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we that are alive, that are left unto the coming of the Lord, shall in no wise precede them that are fallen asleep.
• Jude 1:24 : 24 Now unto him that is able to guard you from stumbling, and to set you before the presence of his glory without blemish in exceeding joy,
• Phil 1:10 : 10 so that ye may approve the things that are excellent; that ye may be sincere and void of offence unto the day of Christ;
• 2 Thess 1:10 : 10 when he shall come to be glorified in his saints, and to be marvelled at in all them that believed (because our testimony unto you was believed) in that day.
• 2 Thess 2:1 : 1 Now we beseech you, brethren, touching the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and our gathering together unto him;
• 2 Thess 2:16-17 : 16 Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our Father who loved us and gave us eternal comfort and good hope through grace, 17 comfort your hearts and establish them in every good work and word.
• 1 Pet 5:10 : 10 And the God of all grace, who called you unto his eternal glory in Christ, after that ye have suffered a little while, shall himself perfect, establish, strengthen you.
• Deut 33:2 : 2 And he said, Jehovah came from Sinai, And rose from Seir unto them; He shined forth from mount Paran, And he came from the ten thousands of holy ones: At his right hand was a fiery law for them.