1 Thessalonians 5:27

Authorized King James Version (1611)

I charge you by the Lord that this epistle be read unto all the holy brethren.

📖 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 epistle is read among you, cause that it be read also in the church of the Laodiceans; and that ye likewise read the [epistle] from Laodicea.
• 1 Thess 2:11 : 11 As ye know how we exhorted and comforted and charged every one of you, as a father [doth] his children,
• 2 Thess 3:14 : 14 And if any man obey not our word by this epistle, note that man, and have no company with him, that he may be ashamed.
• 1 Tim 1:3 : 3 As I besought thee to abide still at Ephesus, when I went into Macedonia, that thou mightest charge some that they teach no other doctrine,
• 1 Tim 1:18 : 18 ¶ This charge I commit unto thee, son Timothy, according to the prophecies which went before on thee, that thou by them mightest war a good warfare;
• 1 Tim 5:7 : 7 And these things give in charge, that they may be blameless.
• 1 Tim 5:21 : 21 I charge [thee] before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, and the elect angels, that thou observe these things without preferring one before another, doing nothing by partiality.
• 1 Tim 6:13 : 13 ¶ I give thee charge in the sight of God, who quickeneth all things, and [before] Christ Jesus, who before Pontius Pilate witnessed a good confession;
• 1 Tim 6:17 : 17 Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy;
• 2 Tim 4:1 : 1 ¶ I charge [thee] therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom;
• Heb 3:1 : 1 ¶ Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our profession, Christ Jesus;
• Num 27:23 : 23 And he laid his hands upon him, and gave him a charge, as the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses.
• 1 Kgs 22:16 : 16 And the king said unto him, How many times shall I adjure thee that thou tell me nothing but [that which is] true in the name of the LORD?
• 2 Chr 18:15 : 15 And the king said to him, How many times shall I adjure thee that thou say nothing but the truth to me in the name of the LORD?
• Matt 26:63 : 63 But Jesus held his peace. And the high priest answered and said unto him, I adjure thee by the living God, that thou tell us whether thou be the Christ, the Son of God.
• Mark 5:7 : 7 And cried with a loud voice, and said, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, [thou] Son of the most high God? I adjure thee by God, that thou torment me not.
• Acts 19:13 : 13 ¶ Then certain of the vagabond Jews, exorcists, took upon them to call over them which had evil spirits the name of the Lord Jesus, saying, We adjure you by Jesus whom Paul preacheth.