2 Thessalonians 2:16

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

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,

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Αὐτὸς δὲ ὁ Κύριος ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦς Χριστὸς, καὶ ὁ Θεὸς, καὶ Πατὴρ ἡμῶν, ὁ ἀγαπήσας ἡμᾶς, καὶ δοὺς παράκλησιν αἰωνίαν καὶ ἐλπίδα ἀγαθὴν ἐν χάριτι,

Transliteration

Himself de the Kyrios of us Iēsous Christos, and the Theos, and Patēr of us, the agapēsas us, and dous paraklēsin aiōnian and elpida agathēn in chariti,

Grammar Details

• *de*: conjunction - but/and/now
• *Kyrios*: nominative, masculine singular - Lord
• *Iēsous Christos*: nominative, masculine singular - Jesus Christ
• *Theos*: nominative, masculine singular - God
• *Patēr*: nominative, masculine singular - Father
• *agapēsas*: aorist active participle, nominative masculine singular - having loved
• *dous*: aorist active participle, nominative masculine singular - having given
• *paraklēsin*: accusative, feminine singular - comfort/encouragement
• *aiōnian*: accusative, feminine singular - eternal/everlasting
• *elpida*: accusative, feminine singular - hope
• *agathēn*: accusative, feminine singular - good
• *chariti*: dative, feminine singular - grace/favor

Word Meanings

• *agapēsas*: having loved/showed love
• *dous*: having given/granted/provided
• *paraklēsin*: comfort/encouragement/consolation
• *aiōnian*: eternal/everlasting/age-lasting
• *elpida*: hope/expectation
• *agathēn*: good/beneficial/valuable
• *chariti*: grace/favor/kindness

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God, even our Father, which hath loved us, and hath given us everlasting consolation and good hope through grace,

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God, even our Father, who has loved us, and has given us everlasting consolation and good hope through grace,

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God, even our Father, which hath loved us, and hath given us everlasting consolation and good hope through grace,

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our Father who loved us and gave us eternal comfort and good hope through grace,

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God, even our Father, which hath loved us, and hath given us everlasting consolation and good hope through grace,

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  Oure LORde Iesu Christ hym silfe and God oure father which hath loved vs and hath geven vs everlastynge consolacion and good hope thorowe grace

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  But oure LORDE Iesus Christ himselfe, and God oure father, which hath loued vs and geuen vs euerlastinge consolacion, and a good hope thorow grace,

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Now the same Iesus Christ our Lord; and our God euen the Father which hath loued vs, and hath giuen vs euerlasting consolation and good hope through grace,

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Our Lorde Iesus Christe, and God and our father, whiche hath loued vs, and hath geuen vs euerlastyng consolation, and good hope in grace,

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ¶ Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God, even our Father, which hath loved us, and hath given [us] everlasting consolation and good hope through grace,

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our Father, who loved us and gave us eternal comfort and good hope through grace,

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  and may our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and our God and Father, who did love us, and did give comfort age-during, and good hope in grace,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our Father who loved us and gave us eternal comfort and good hope through grace,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our Father who loved us and gave us eternal comfort and good hope through grace,

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our Father who had love for us and has given us eternal comfort and good hope through grace,

• World English Bible (2000)

  Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our Father, who loved us and gave us eternal comfort and good hope through grace,

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Now may our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father, who loved us and by grace gave us eternal comfort and good hope,

Referenced Verses

• John 3:16 : 16 For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in Him will not perish but have eternal life.
• Eph 5:25 : 25 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her,
• 1 Thess 3:11 : 11 Now may our God and Father himself and our Lord Jesus direct our way to you.
• 1 Pet 1:3-8 : 3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who in His great mercy has caused us to be born again into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, 4 to an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you, 5 who are being guarded by the power of God through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. 6 In this you rejoice greatly, though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been grieved by various trials, 7 so that the tested genuineness of your faith—more valuable than gold that perishes though refined by fire—may result in praise, glory, and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ. 8 Though you have not seen Him, you love Him. Though not seeing Him now, you believe in Him and rejoice with an inexpressible and glorious joy,
• Rev 1:5 : 5 And from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To Him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by His blood,
• 2 Thess 1:1-2 : 1 Paul, Silas, and Timothy, to the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. 2 Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
• Titus 1:2 : 2 In the hope of eternal life, which the God who does not lie promised before the beginning of time.
• Titus 3:4-7 : 4 But when the kindness and love of God our Savior appeared, 5 He saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to His mercy, through the washing of regeneration and renewal by the Holy Spirit. 6 This Spirit He poured out on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Savior, 7 so that, being justified by His grace, we might become heirs according to the hope of eternal life.
• Heb 6:18-19 : 18 So that by two unchangeable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled for refuge might have strong encouragement to hold fast to the hope set before us. 19 We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure. It enters the inner sanctuary behind the curtain,
• Col 1:23 : 23 if indeed you continue in the faith, established and firm, and do not move away from the hope of the gospel that you heard, which has been proclaimed in all creation under heaven, and of which I, Paul, have become a servant.
• Ps 103:17 : 17 But from everlasting to everlasting, the Lord's steadfast love is with those who fear Him, and His righteousness is with their children's children.
• Isa 35:10 : 10 The redeemed of the Lord will return and come to Zion with singing. Everlasting joy will crown their heads; they will obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing will flee away.
• Isa 51:11 : 11 So the ransomed of the Lord will return, and they will come to Zion with singing; everlasting joy will crown their heads. Joy and gladness will overtake them, and sorrow and sighing will flee away.
• Isa 60:19-20 : 19 The sun will no longer be your light by day, nor the brightness of the moon shine on you, for the Lord will be your everlasting light, and your God will be your glory. 20 Your sun will no longer set, and your moon will not wane; for the Lord will be your everlasting light, and your days of mourning will come to an end.
• Isa 61:7 : 7 Instead of your shame you will receive a double portion, and instead of humiliation they will rejoice in their inheritance. Therefore, in their land, they will receive a double portion, and everlasting joy will be theirs.
• Luke 16:25 : 25 But Abraham replied, 'Son, remember that in your lifetime you received your good things, while Lazarus received bad things. But now he is comforted here, and you are in agony.'
• John 4:14 : 14 But whoever drinks the water I give them will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give them will become in them a spring of water welling up to eternal life."
• John 13:1 : 1 Now, before the Passover festival, Jesus, knowing that His hour had come to depart from this world to the Father, having loved His own who were in the world, loved them to the very end.
• John 14:16-18 : 16 And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Helper to be with you forever. 17 The Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive because it neither sees him nor knows him, you know him, because he remains with you and will be in you. 18 I will not leave you as orphans; I am coming to you.
• John 15:9 : 9 As the Father has loved me, so I have loved you. Now remain in my love.
• John 15:13 : 13 Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.
• John 16:22 : 22 So you also have sorrow now. But I will see you again, and your hearts will rejoice, and no one will take away your joy.
• Acts 15:11 : 11 On the contrary, we believe that we are saved through the grace of the Lord Jesus, just as they are.
• Acts 18:27 : 27 When Apollos wanted to go to Achaia, the brothers and sisters encouraged him and wrote to the disciples there to welcome him. When he arrived, he greatly helped those who through grace had believed.
• Rom 1:7 : 7 To all who are in Rome, beloved by God, called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
• Rom 4:4 : 4 Now to the one who works, wages are not counted as a gift but as an obligation.
• Rom 4:16 : 16 Therefore, the promise comes by faith, that it may be according to grace, so that it might be guaranteed to all the offspring—not only to those who are of the law, but also to those who share the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all.
• Rom 5:2-5 : 2 Through Him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God. 3 Not only that, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance. 4 And endurance produces character, and character produces hope. 5 And hope does not put us to shame, because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.
• Rom 5:8 : 8 But God shows His love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
• Rom 8:24-25 : 24 For in this hope we were saved. But hope that is seen is no hope at all. Who hopes for what they already see? 25 But if we hope for what we do not see, we eagerly wait for it with patience.
• Rom 11:5-6 : 5 So too, at the present time there is a remnant chosen by grace. 6 And if by grace, then it is no longer based on works; otherwise grace would no longer be grace.
• 2 Cor 4:17-18 : 17 For our momentary and light affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory that is far beyond comparison. 18 So we fix our eyes not on what is seen but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.
• Eph 2:4-5 : 4 But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which He loved us, 5 made us alive together with Christ, even when we were dead in our transgressions—by grace you have been saved.
• Eph 5:2 : 2 And walk in love, just as Christ loved us and gave Himself for us, a sacrificial offering to God, a pleasing aroma.
• 1 Thess 1:3 : 3 We remember your work produced by faith, your labor motivated by love, and your endurance inspired by the hope in our Lord Jesus Christ in the presence of our God and Father.
• Col 1:5 : 5 This faith and love spring from the hope stored up for you in heaven, which you have already heard about in the word of truth, the gospel.
• Heb 7:19 : 19 (for the law made nothing perfect), but a better hope is introduced, through which we draw near to God.
• Heb 6:11-12 : 11 We want each of you to show this same diligence to the very end, so that your hope may be fully realized. 12 Then you will not become sluggish, but will imitate those who, through faith and patience, inherit the promises.
• Titus 2:13 : 13 while we await the blessed hope and the glorious appearing of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ.
• 2 Thess 2:13 : 13 But we ought always to thank God for you, brothers and sisters loved by the Lord, because God chose you as firstfruits for salvation through the sanctification of the Spirit and belief in the truth.
• Rev 3:9 : 9 Look, I will make those of the synagogue of Satan, who claim to be Jews but are not—they are liars—come and bow down before your feet, and they will know that I have loved you.
• Rev 7:16-17 : 16 They will no longer hunger or thirst, nor will the sun beat down on them, nor any scorching heat. 17 For the Lamb at the center of the throne will shepherd them. He will lead them to springs of living water, and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.
• Rev 22:5 : 5 There will no longer be any night, and they will not need the light of a lamp or the sun, for the Lord God will give them light, and they will reign forever and ever.
• 1 John 3:2-3 : 2 Beloved, now we are children of God, and what we will be has not yet been revealed. But we know that when He is revealed, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is. 3 And everyone who has this hope in Him purifies himself, just as He is pure.
• 1 John 3:16 : 16 This is how we have come to know love: He laid down His life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters.
• 1 John 4:9-9 : 9 By this, the love of God was revealed among us: that God sent His only Son into the world so that we might live through Him. 10 In this is love: not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the atoning sacrifice for our sins.