1 Thessalonians 5:27

Bible in Basic English (1941)

I give orders in the name of the Lord that all the brothers are to be present at the reading of this letter.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ὀρκίζω ὑμᾶς τὸν Κύριον ἀναγνωσθῆναι τὴν ἐπιστολὴν πᾶσιν τοῖς ἁγίοις ἀδελφοῖς.

Transliteration

Horkizō hymas ton Kyrion anagnōsthēnai tēn epistolēn pasin tois hagiois adelphois.

Grammar Details

• *Horkizō*: present, active, indicative, 1st person singular - I adjure/charge
• *hymas*: accusative, plural - you (object)
• *ton Kyrion*: accusative, masculine, singular with article - the Lord (as the one by whom the oath is taken)
• *anagnōsthēnai*: aorist, passive, infinitive - to be read
• *tēn epistolēn*: accusative, feminine, singular with article - the letter/epistle
• *pasin*: dative, masculine, plural - all
• *tois hagiois*: dative, masculine, plural with article - the holy
• *adelphois*: dative, masculine, plural - brothers

Word Meanings

• *Horkizō*: I adjure/charge/solemnly urge
• *anagnōsthēnai*: to be read/to be read aloud
• *epistolēn*: letter/epistle
• *hagiois*: holy/sanctified/set apart

Referenced Verses

• Col 4:16 : 16 And when this letter has been made public among you, let the same be done in the church of Laodicea; and see that you have the letter from Laodicea.
• 1 Thess 2:11 : 11 Even as you saw how, like a father with his children, we were teaching and comforting you all, and giving witness,
• 2 Thess 3:14 : 14 And if any man does not give attention to what we have said in this letter, take note of that man, and keep away from him, so that he may be shamed.
• 1 Tim 1:3 : 3 It was my desire, when I went on into Macedonia, that you might make a stop at Ephesus, to give orders to certain men not to put forward a different teaching,
• 1 Tim 1:18 : 18 This order I give to you, Timothy my son, in harmony with the words of the prophets about you, so that by them you may be strong, fighting the good fight,
• 1 Tim 5:7 : 7 Give orders to this effect, so that no evil may be said of anyone.
• 1 Tim 5:21 : 21 I give you orders before God and Christ Jesus and the angels of God's selection, to keep these orders without giving thought to one side more than another.
• 1 Tim 6:13 : 13 I give you orders before God, the giver of life, and Christ Jesus, who before Pontius Pilate gave witness to the faith,
• 1 Tim 6:17 : 17 Give orders to those who have money and goods in this life, not to be lifted up in their minds, or to put their hope in the uncertain chances of wealth, but in God who gives us in full measure all things for our use;
• 2 Tim 4:1 : 1 I give you orders, before God and Christ Jesus, who will be the judge of the living and the dead, and by his revelation and his kingdom;
• Heb 3:1 : 1 For this reason, holy brothers, marked out to have a part in heaven, give thought to Jesus the representative and high priest of our faith;
• Num 27:23 : 23 And he put his hands on him and gave him his orders, as the Lord had said by Moses.
• 1 Kgs 22:16 : 16 Then the king said to him, Have I not, again and again, put you on your oath to say nothing to me but what is true in the name of the Lord?
• 2 Chr 18:15 : 15 And the king said to him, Have I not, again and again, put you on your oath to say nothing to me but what is true in the name of the Lord?
• Matt 26:63 : 63 But Jesus said not a word. And the high priest said to him, I put you on oath, by the living God, that you will say to us if you are the Christ, the Son of God.
• Mark 5:7 : 7 And crying out with a loud voice he said, What have I to do with you, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? In God's name, do not be cruel to me.
• Acts 19:13 : 13 But some of the Jews who went from place to place driving out evil spirits, took it on themselves to make use of the name of the Lord Jesus over those who had evil spirits, saying, I give you orders, by Jesus, whom Paul is preaching.