2 Thessalonians 1:12

Authorized King James Version (1611)

That the name of our Lord Jesus Christ may be glorified in you, and ye in him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ὅπως ἐνδοξασθῇ τὸ ὄνομα τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ ἐν ὑμῖν, καὶ ὑμεῖς ἐν αὐτῷ, κατὰ τὴν χάριν τοῦ Θεοῦ ἡμῶν καὶ Κυρίου Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ.

Transliteration

So that endoxasthē the onoma of the Kyriou of us Iēsou Christou in you, and you in him, according to the charin of the Theou of us and Kyriou Iēsou Christou.

Grammar Details

• *Hopōs*: purpose conjunction - so that/in order that
• *endoxasthē*: aorist subjunctive, passive, 3rd person, singular - might be glorified
• *onoma*: nominative, neuter, singular - subject of *endoxasthē*
• *Kyriou*: genitive, masculine, singular - possibly in apposition to *Theou*
• ἡμῶν: genitive, 1st person, plural - possessive
• *Iēsou*: genitive, masculine, singular - in apposition to *Kyriou*
• *Christou*: genitive, masculine, singular - in apposition to *Iēsou*
• ἐν ὑμῖν: preposition + dative, 2nd person, plural - in/among you
• ὑμεῖς: nominative, 2nd person, plural - subject (implicit *might be glorified*)
• ἐν αὐτῷ: preposition + dative, masculine, singular - in him
• κατὰ τὴν *charin*: preposition + accusative, feminine, singular - according to the grace
• *Theou*: genitive, masculine, singular - possessive

Word Meanings

• *Hopōs*: so that/in order that/that
• *endoxasthē*: might be glorified/honored/exalted
• *onoma*: name/reputation/character
• *Kyriou*: Lord/master/owner
• *charin*: grace/favor/kindness
• *Theou*: God/deity

Referenced Verses

• John 17:10 : 10 ‹And all mine are thine, and thine are mine; and I am glorified in them.›
• 2 Thess 1:10 : 10 When he shall come to be glorified in his saints, and to be admired in all them that believe (because our testimony among you was believed) in that day.
• Titus 2:11 : 11 ¶ For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men,
• 1 Pet 1:7-8 : 7 That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ: 8 Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see [him] not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory:
• 1 Pet 4:14 : 14 If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy [are ye]; for the spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you: on their part he is evil spoken of, but on your part he is glorified.
• Rev 1:4 : 4 John to the seven churches which are in Asia: Grace [be] unto you, and peace, from him which is, and which was, and which is to come; and from the seven Spirits which are before his throne;
• Gen 18:18 : 18 Seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him?
• Ps 72:17 : 17 His name shall endure for ever: his name shall be continued as long as the sun: and [men] shall be blessed in him: all nations shall call him blessed.
• Isa 45:17 : 17 [But] Israel shall be saved in the LORD with an everlasting salvation: ye shall not be ashamed nor confounded world without end.
• Isa 45:25 : 25 In the LORD shall all the seed of Israel be justified, and shall glory.
• Isa 66:5 : 5 ¶ Hear the word of the LORD, ye that tremble at his word; Your brethren that hated you, that cast you out for my name's sake, said, Let the LORD be glorified: but he shall appear to your joy, and they shall be ashamed.
• John 17:21-26 : 21 ‹That they all may be one; as thou, Father,› [art] ‹in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.› 22 ‹And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one:› 23 ‹I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me.› 24 ¶ ‹Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world.› 25 ‹O righteous Father, the world hath not known thee: but I have known thee, and these have known that thou hast sent me.› 26 ‹And I have declared unto them thy name, and will declare› [it]: ‹that the love wherewith thou hast loved me may be in them, and I in them.›
• Rom 1:7 : 7 To all that be in Rome, beloved of God, called [to be] saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.
• 1 Cor 1:4 : 4 I thank my God always on your behalf, for the grace of God which is given you by Jesus Christ;
• 2 Cor 8:9 : 9 For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich.
• 2 Cor 13:4 : 4 For though he was crucified through weakness, yet he liveth by the power of God. For we also are weak in him, but we shall live with him by the power of God toward you.
• Phil 2:9-9 : 9 Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name: 10 That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of [things] in heaven, and [things] in earth, and [things] under the earth; 11 And [that] every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ [is] Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
• Phil 3:9 : 9 ¶ And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith:
• Col 2:9-9 : 9 For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily. 10 And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power: