1 Thessalonians 5:23

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Αὐτὸς δὲ ὁ Θεὸς τῆς εἰρήνης ἁγιάσαι ὑμᾶς ὁλοτελεῖς· καὶ ὁλόκληρον ὑμῶν τὸ πνεῦμα καὶ ἡ ψυχὴ καὶ τὸ σῶμα ἀμέμπτως ἐν τῇ παρουσίᾳ τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ τηρηθείη.

Transliteration

Autos de ho Theos tēs eirēnēs hagiasai hymas holoteleis; and holoklēron hymōn to pneuma kai hē psychē kai to sōma amemptōs en tē parousia tou Kyriou hēmōn Iēsou Christou tērētheiē.

Grammar Details

• *Autos*: nominative, masculine, singular, intensive - himself
• *de*: postpositive conjunction - and/now/but
• *ho Theos tēs eirēnēs*: nominative, masculine, singular with article + genitive phrase - the God of peace
• *hagiasai*: aorist, active, optative, 3rd person singular - may sanctify
• *hymas*: accusative, plural - you (object)
• *holoteleis*: accusative, masculine, plural - completely/wholly
• *holoklēron*: nominative, neuter, singular - entire/complete
• *hymōn*: genitive, plural - of you/your
• *to pneuma*: nominative, neuter, singular with article - the spirit
• *kai*: conjunction - and
• *hē psychē*: nominative, feminine, singular with article - the soul
• *to sōma*: nominative, neuter, singular with article - the body
• *amemptōs*: adverb - blamelessly
• *en*: preposition + dative - in/at
• *tē parousia*: dative, feminine, singular with article - the coming/arrival
• *tou Kyriou*: genitive, masculine, singular with article - of the Lord
• *hēmōn*: genitive, plural - of us/our
• *Iēsou Christou*: genitive, masculine, singular - of Jesus Christ
• *tērētheiē*: aorist, passive, optative, 3rd person singular - may be preserved

Word Meanings

• *Autos*: himself (emphasizing God personally)
• *eirēnēs*: of peace/of harmony
• *hagiasai*: may sanctify/may make holy
• *holoteleis*: completely/wholly/through and through
• *holoklēron*: entire/complete/whole/sound in every part
• *pneuma*: spirit/Spirit
• *psychē*: soul/life/inner self
• *sōma*: body/physical form
• *amemptōs*: blamelessly/without fault
• *parousia*: coming/arrival/presence
• *tērētheiē*: may be preserved/may be kept/may be guarded

Referenced Verses

• Heb 4:12 : 12 For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
• 1 Thess 3:13 : 13 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.
• Jude 1:24 : 24 Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy,
• 1 Pet 5:10 : 10 But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you.
• Rom 15:33 : 33 Now the God of peace be with you all. Amen.
• 1 Cor 1:8-9 : 8 Who shall also confirm you unto the end, that ye may be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. 9 God is faithful, by whom ye were called unto the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord.
• 1 Cor 14:33 : 33 For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as in all churches of the saints.
• 2 Cor 5:19 : 19 To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation.
• Eph 5:26-27 : 26 That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word, 27 That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.
• Phil 1:10 : 10 That ye may approve things that are excellent; that ye may be sincere and without offence till the day of Christ;
• Phil 2:15-16 : 15 That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world; 16 Holding forth the word of life; that I may rejoice in the day of Christ, that I have not run in vain, neither laboured in vain.
• Phil 4:9 : 9 Those things, which ye have both learned, and received, and heard, and seen in me, do: and the God of peace shall be with you.
• Col 1:22 : 22 In the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight:
• 1 Thess 2:19 : 19 For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Are not even ye in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at his coming?
• Lev 20:8 : 8 And ye shall keep my statutes, and do them: I am the LORD which sanctify you.
• Lev 20:26 : 26 And ye shall be holy unto me: for I the LORD am holy, and have severed you from other people, that ye should be mine.
• Ezek 37:28 : 28 And the heathen shall know that I the LORD do sanctify Israel, when my sanctuary shall be in the midst of them for evermore.
• Luke 1:46 : 46 And Mary said, My soul doth magnify the Lord,
• John 17:19 : 19 And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also might be sanctified through the truth.
• Acts 20:32 : 32 And now, brethren, I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up, and to give you an inheritance among all them which are sanctified.
• Acts 26:18 : 18 To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me.
• Rom 15:5 : 5 Now the God of patience and consolation grant you to be likeminded one toward another according to Christ Jesus:
• Rom 15:13 : 13 Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.
• Rom 16:20 : 20 And the God of peace shall bruise Satan under your feet shortly. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen.
• 1 Cor 1:2 : 2 Unto the church of God which is at Corinth, to them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all that in every place call upon the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both theirs and ours:
• Heb 13:20 : 20 Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant,
• 1 Pet 1:2 : 2 Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied.
• 1 Thess 4:3 : 3 For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication:
• 2 Thess 3:16 : 16 Now the Lord of peace himself give you peace always by all means. The Lord be with you all.
• Heb 2:11 : 11 For both he that sanctifieth and they who are sanctified are all of one: for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren,
• 2 Pet 3:14 : 14 Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of him in peace, without spot, and blameless.
• Jude 1:1 : 1 Jude, the servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to them that are sanctified by God the Father, and preserved in Jesus Christ, and called:
• Phil 1:6 : 6 Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ: