2 Thessalonians 2:16

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,

📖 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

Referenced Verses

• John 3:16 : 16 For God so loued the worlde, that he gaue his only begotten sonne, that whosoeuer beleueth in hym, shoulde not perishe, but haue euerlastyng lyfe.
• Eph 5:25 : 25 Ye husbandes loue your wyues, euen as Christe also loued the Churche, and gaue hym selfe for it,
• 1 Thess 3:11 : 11 Nowe God him selfe, and our father, and our Lord Iesus Christe, guyde our waye vnto you.
• 1 Pet 1:3-8 : 3 Blessed be God the father of our Lorde Iesus Christe, which accordyng to his aboundaunt mercie begat vs agayne vnto a lyuely hope, by that that Iesus Christe rose agayne from death, 4 To an inheritaunce immortall, and vndefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserued in heauen for you, 5 Which are kept by the power of God through fayth vnto saluation, which is prepared alredie to be shewed in the last tyme. 6 In the which ye reioyce, though nowe for a season (yf nede require) ye are in heauinesse through manifolde temptations: 7 That the triall of your fayth, beyng much more precious then golde that perisheth, though it be tried with fyre, myght be founde vnto laude, glorie, and honour, at the appearyng of Iesus Christe, 8 Whom ye haue not seene, and yet loue hym, in whom euen nowe though ye see hym not, yet do you beleue, & reioyce with ioy vnspeakeable and glorious:
• Rev 1:5 : 5 And from Iesus Christe, which is a faythfull witnesse, and first begotten of the dead, and Lorde ouer the kynges of the earth: Unto hym that loued vs, and wasshed vs from our sinnes in his owne blood,
• 2 Thess 1:1-2 : 1 Paul and Siluanus and Timotheus, vnto the Church of the Thessalonians in God our father, and the Lord Iesus Christe: 2 Grace vnto you and peace from God our father, & the Lorde Iesus Christe.
• Titus 1:2 : 2 In the hope of eternall lyfe, which God that can not lye, promised before the worlde began:
• Titus 3:4-7 : 4 But after that the kyndenesse and loue of our sauiour God to manwarde appeared, 5 Not of workes which be in ryghteousnesse wrought, but accordyng to his mercie, he saued vs by the fountayne of regeneration and renuyng of the holy ghost, 6 Which he shed on vs richlie through Iesus Christe our sauiour: 7 That we iustified by his grace, should be made heyres accordyng to the hope of eternall lyfe.
• Heb 6:18-19 : 18 That by two immutable thynges, in whiche it was vnpossible for God to lye, we myght haue a strong consolation, which haue fledde to holde fast the hope layde before vs: 19 Which hope we holde as an ancker of the soule both sure and stedfast, and entryng in, into that thing which is within the vayle:
• Col 1:23 : 23 If ye continue grounded & stablisshed in the fayth, and be not moued away from the hope of the Gospell, which ye haue hearde howe it is preached to euery creature which is vnder heauen, wherof I Paul am made a minister.
• Ps 103:17 : 17 But the mercifull goodnesse of God endureth for euer and euer, vpon them that feare hym: and his righteousnesse vpon childers children.
• Isa 35:10 : 10 And the redeemed of the Lorde I say shall conuert and come to Sion with thankesgeuyng: euerlastyng ioy shall they haue, pleasure and gladnesse shalbe among them, and as for all sorowe and heauinesse it shall vanishe.
• Isa 51:11 : 11 Therfore the redeemed of the Lorde shall turne agayne, & come with ioy vnto Sion, continuall ioy shalbe on their head, and mirth and gladnesse shalbe with them, and sorowe and wo shall flee from them.
• Isa 60:19-20 : 19 The sunne shall neuer be thy day light, and the light of the moone shall neuer shine vnto thee: but the Lorde him selfe shalbe thyne euerlasting light, and thy God shalbe thy glory. 20 Thy sunne shall neuer go downe, and thy moone shall not be hid: for the Lorde hym selfe shalbe thyne euerlasting light, and thy sorowfull dayes shalbe ended.
• Isa 61:7 : 7 For your great reproofe you shal haue double ioy, and for shame shall they haue ioy of their portion: for they shall haue double possession in their lande, and euerlasting ioy shalbe with them.
• Luke 16:25 : 25 But Abraham sayde: Sonne, remember that thou in thy lyfe tyme, receauedst thy pleasure, and lykewyse Lazarus paynes: But nowe is he comforted, and thou art tormented.
• John 4:14 : 14 But whosoeuer drynketh of the water that I shall geue hym, shall neuer be more a thyrst: but the water that I shall geue him, shalbe in him a well of water, spryngyng vp into euerlastyng lyfe.
• John 13:1 : 1 Before the feast of the Passouer, when Iesus knewe that his houre was come, yt he shoulde departe out of this world vnto the father: When he loued his which were in the world, vnto the ende he loued them.
• John 14:16-18 : 16 And I wyll pray the father, and he shall geue you another comforter, that he may byde with you for euer: 17 Euen the spirite of trueth, whom the worlde can not receaue, because the worlde seeth hym not, neither knoweth hym. But ye knowe hym: For he dwelleth with you, and shalbe in you. 18 I wyll not leaue you comfortlesse, but wyll come to you.
• John 15:9 : 9 As the father hath loued me, euen so haue I loued you: Continue ye in my loue.
• John 15:13 : 13 Greater loue hath no man, then this: yt a man bestowe his life for his frendes.
• John 16:22 : 22 And ye nowe therefore haue sorowe: but I wyll see you agayne, and your heartes shall reioyce, and your ioy shall no man take from you.
• Acts 15:11 : 11 But we beleue, that through the grace of the Lorde Iesu Christe, we shalbe saued, euen as they.
• Acts 18:27 : 27 And when he was disposed to go into Achaia, the brethre wrote, exhorting the disciples to receaue hym: Which when he was come, helped them much which had beleued through grace.
• Rom 1:7 : 7 To all that be in Rome, beloued of God, saintes by callyng, grace to you, and peace, from God our father, and the Lorde Iesus Christe.
• Rom 4:4 : 4 To hym that worketh, is the reward not reckened of grace, but of duetie.
• Rom 4:16 : 16 Therefore by fayth is the inheritaunce geuen that it might come by grace, that the promise myght be sure to all ye seede, not to that only which is of the lawe, but to that also which is of the fayth of Abraham, which is the father of vs al.
• Rom 5:2-5 : 2 By whom also we haue had an entrauce by fayth, vnto this grace wherin we stande, and reioyce in hope of the glorie of God. 3 Not that only: but also we reioyce in tribulations, knowyng that tribulation worketh pacience: 4 Pacience profe, profe hope: 5 And hope maketh not ashamed, because the loue of God is shedde abrode in our heartes by the holy ghost, which is geuen vnto vs.
• Rom 5:8 : 8 But God setteth out his loue towarde vs, seyng that whyle we were yet sinners, Christe dyed for vs.
• Rom 8:24-25 : 24 For we are saued by hope: But hope that is seene, is no hope. For howe can a man hope for that which he seeth? 25 But and yf we hope for that we see not, the do we with pacience abide for it.
• Rom 11:5-6 : 5 Euen so at this tyme, there is a remnaunt, according to the election of grace. 6 If it be of grace, then is it not nowe of workes: For the grace is no more grace. But yf it be of workes, then is it nowe no grace: For then worke is no more worke.
• 2 Cor 4:17-18 : 17 For our exceedyng tribulation which is momentanie & lyght, prepareth an exceedyng and an eternall wayght of glorie vnto vs. 18 Whyle we loke not on the thynges whiche are seene, but on the thynges which are not seene. For the thynges which are seene, are temporall: but the things which are not seene, are eternal.
• Eph 2:4-5 : 4 But God which is ryche in mercie, for his great loue wherwith he loued vs, 5 Euen when we were dead by sinnes, hath quickned vs together with Christ, by grace are ye saued:
• Eph 5:2 : 2 And walke ye in loue, euen as Christe hath loued vs, and hath geuen hym selfe for vs an offering and a sacrifice of a sweete smellyng sauour to God.
• 1 Thess 1:3 : 3 Without ceassyng, callyng to remembraunce the worke of your fayth, and labour of loue, and patient abidyng in the hope of our Lorde Iesus Christe, in the syght of God and our father.
• Col 1:5 : 5 For the hopes sake which is layde vp for you in heauen, of which hope ye hearde before, in the worde of trueth of the Gospell,
• Heb 7:19 : 19 For the lawe made nothyng perfect, but was the bryngyng in of a better hope, by the whiche we drawe nygh vnto God.
• Heb 6:11-12 : 11 Yea and we desire that euery one of you do shewe the same diligence, to the full assuraunce of hope, vnto the ende, 12 That ye faynt not, but be folowers of them which through fayth and pacience inherite the promises.
• Titus 2:13 : 13 Lokyng for that blessed hope and appearyng of the glorie of the great God, and our sauiour Iesus Christe,
• 2 Thess 2:13 : 13 But we are bounde to geue thankes alway to God for you, brethren beloued of the Lorde, because that God hath fro the begynnyng chosen you to saluation in sanctifiyng of the spirite, & in fayth of the trueth:
• Rev 3:9 : 9 Beholde, I make them of the synagogue of Satan, which call them selues Iewes and are not, but do lye: Behold, I wyll make them that they shal come and worshyp before thy feete, and shall knowe that I haue loued thee.
• Rev 7:16-17 : 16 They shall hunger no more, neither thirst, neither shall the sunne lyght on them, neither any heate. 17 For the lambe which is in the myddes of the throne shall feede them, and shall leade them vnto fountaynes of lyuyng water, and God shall wype awaye all teares from their eyes.
• Rev 22:5 : 5 And there shalbe no nyght there, and they neede no candle, neither lyght of the sunne: for the Lorde God geueth them lyght, and they shall raigne for euermore.
• 1 John 3:2-3 : 2 Dearely beloued, nowe are we the sonnes of God, and yet it doth not appeare what we shalbe: But we knowe that when he shall appeare, we shalbe lyke hym, for we shall see hym as he is. 3 And euery man that hath this hope in hym, purgeth hym selfe, euen as he also is pure.
• 1 John 3:16 : 16 Hereby perceaue we loue, because he layde downe his lyfe for vs, & we ought to lay downe our lyues for the brethren.
• 1 John 4:9-9 : 9 In this appeared the loue of God to vs warde, because God sent his only begotten sonne into the worlde, that we myght lyue through hym. 10 Herein is loue, not that we loued God, but that he loued vs, and sent his sonne to be the agreement for our sinnes.