1 Thessalonians 3:13

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

So that He may strengthen your hearts to be blameless in holiness before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all His holy ones.

📖 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

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  To the end he may stablish your hearts unblameable in holiness before God, even our Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all his saints.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  To the end He may establish your hearts blameless in holiness before God, even our Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all His saints.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  To the end he may stablish your hearts unblameable in holiness before God, even our Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all his saints.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  to the end he may establish your hearts unblameable in holiness before our God and Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus {G5547} with all his saints.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  To the end he may stablish your hearts unblameable in holiness before God, even our Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all his saints.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  to make youre hertes stable and vnblameable in holynes before God oure father at the commynge of oure Lorde Iesus Christ with all his sainctes.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  that yor hertes maye be stable and vnblameable in holynes before God oure father, at the commynge of oure LORDE Iesus Christ with all his sayntes.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  To make your hearts stable & vnblameable in holines before God euen our Father, at the comming of our Lord Iesus Christ with all his Saints.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  To stablyshe your heartes vnblameable, in holynesse before God and our father, in the commyng of our Lorde Iesus Christe, with all his saintes.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  To the end he may stablish your hearts unblameable in holiness before God, even our Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all his saints.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

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

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  to the establishing your hearts blameless in sanctification before our God and Father, in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ with all His saints.

• 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.

• 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.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  So that your hearts may be strong and free from all sin before our God and Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints.

• World English Bible (2000)

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

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  so that your hearts are strengthened in holiness to be blameless before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints.

Referenced Verses

• 1 Thess 5:23 : 23 Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you entirely, and may your whole spirit, soul, and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
• Col 1:22 : 22 He has now reconciled in His physical body through death to present you holy, blameless, and above reproach before Him—
• 1 Thess 2:19 : 19 For what is our hope, our joy, or the crown in which we will glory in the presence of our Lord Jesus when He comes? Is it not indeed you?
• Eph 5:27 : 27 and to present her to Himself as a glorious church, without stain or wrinkle or any such blemish, but holy and blameless.
• 1 John 3:20-21 : 20 For whenever our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart and knows all things. 21 Beloved, if our heart does not condemn us, we have confidence before God.
• Jude 1:14 : 14 Enoch, the seventh from Adam, also prophesied about them, saying, 'Behold, the Lord comes with countless thousands of His holy ones,'
• Zech 14:5 : 5 You will flee by the valley of My mountains, for the valley between the mountains will reach to Azal. You will flee as you fled because of the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah. Then the Lord my God will come, and all the holy ones with Him.
• 1 Cor 1:7-8 : 7 So that you do not lack any spiritual gift as you eagerly await the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ, 8 Who will also strengthen you to the end, so that you will be blameless on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.
• 1 Cor 15:23 : 23 But each in turn: Christ, the firstfruits; then, at His coming, those who belong to Christ.
• Rom 14:4 : 4 Who are you to judge someone else's servant? To their own Master they stand or fall. And they will stand, for the Lord is able to make them stand.
• Rom 16:25 : 25 Now to him who is able to strengthen you according to my gospel and the proclamation of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery hidden for long ages past.
• 1 Thess 3:11 : 11 Now may our God and Father himself and our Lord Jesus direct our way to you.
• 1 Thess 4:15 : 15 For this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will not precede those who have fallen asleep.
• Jude 1:24 : 24 Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you blameless in the presence of His glory with great joy,
• Phil 1:10 : 10 So that you may be able to discern what is best and may be pure and blameless for the day of Christ.
• 2 Thess 1:10 : 10 On that day, when He comes to be glorified among His saints and marveled at by all who have believed—because our testimony to you was believed.
• 2 Thess 2:1 : 1 Now we ask you, brothers and sisters, concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our gathering together to Him,
• 2 Thess 2:16-17 : 16 Now may our Lord Jesus Christ Himself, and God our Father, who has loved us and given us eternal comfort and good hope by His grace, 17 comfort and strengthen your hearts in every good work and word.
• 1 Pet 5:10 : 10 But the God of all grace, who called you to His eternal glory in Christ, after you have suffered for a little while, will Himself restore, establish, strengthen, and uphold you.
• Deut 33:2 : 2 He said: 'The Lord came from Sinai, and shone forth from Seir to them; He appeared in radiance from Mount Paran, and came with myriads of holy ones. From His right hand came a fiery law for them.