2 Thessalonians 1:10

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

when he comes to be glorified among his saints and admired on that day among all who have believed– and you did in fact believe our testimony.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ὅταν ἔλθῃ ἐνδοξασθῆναι ἐν τοῖς ἁγίοις αὐτοῦ, καὶ θαυμασθῆναι ἐν πᾶσιν τοῖς πιστεύουσιν (ὅτι ἐπιστεύθη τὸ μαρτύριον ἡμῶν ἐφʼ ὑμᾶς) ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐκείνῃ.

Transliteration

When he elthē to endoxasthēnai in the hagiois of him, and to thaumasthēnai in all those pisteuousin (because episteuthē the martyrion of us upon you) in the hēmera that.

Grammar Details

• *Hotan*: temporal conjunction - when/whenever
• *elthē*: aorist subjunctive, active, 3rd person, singular - he might come
• *endoxasthēnai*: aorist infinitive, passive - to be glorified
• *hagiois*: dative, masculine, plural - among/in saints/holy ones
• αὐτοῦ: genitive, masculine, singular - possessive
• *thaumasthēnai*: aorist infinitive, passive - to be marveled at
• *pisteuousin*: present participle, active, dative, masculine, plural - believing/trusting
• *episteuthē*: aorist indicative, passive, 3rd person, singular - was believed
• *martyrion*: nominative, neuter, singular - subject of *episteuthē*
• ἡμῶν: genitive, 1st person, plural - possessive
• ἐφʼ ὑμᾶς: preposition + accusative, 2nd person, plural - upon/to you
• *hēmera*: dative, feminine, singular - temporal
• ἐκείνῃ: dative, feminine, singular, demonstrative - that

Word Meanings

• *Hotan*: when/whenever/at the time when
• *elthē*: might come/should come
• *endoxasthēnai*: to be glorified/honored/exalted
• *hagiois*: holy ones/saints/sanctified ones
• *thaumasthēnai*: to be marveled at/admired/wondered at
• *pisteuousin*: believing/trusting/having faith
• *episteuthē*: was believed/trusted/accepted
• *martyrion*: testimony/witness/evidence
• *hēmera*: day/time

Referenced Verses

• John 17:10 : 10 Everything I have belongs to you, and everything you have belongs to me, and I have been glorified by them.
• Isa 49:3 : 3 He said to me,“You are my servant, Israel, through whom I will reveal my splendor.”
• 1 Cor 1:6 : 6 just as the testimony about Christ has been confirmed among you–
• 1 Cor 3:13 : 13 each builder’s work will be plainly seen, for the Day will make it clear, because it will be revealed by fire. And the fire will test what kind of work each has done.
• 1 Thess 2:13 : 13 And so we too constantly thank God that when you received God’s message that you heard from us, you accepted it not as a human message, but as it truly is, God’s message, which is at work among you who believe.
• Ps 89:7 : 7 a God who is honored in the great angelic assembly, and more awesome than all who surround him?
• Isa 43:21 : 21 the people whom I formed for myself, so they might praise me.”
• Isa 44:23 : 23 Shout for joy, O sky, for the LORD intervenes; shout out, you subterranean regions of the earth. O mountains, give a joyful shout; you too, O forest and all your trees! For the LORD protects Jacob; he reveals his splendor through Israel.
• Num 23:23 : 23 For there is no spell against Jacob, nor is there any divination against Israel. At this time it must be said of Jacob and of Israel,‘Look at what God has done!’
• Ps 68:35 : 35 You are awe-inspiring, O God, as you emerge from your holy temple! It is the God of Israel who gives the people power and strength. God deserves praise!
• 2 Thess 1:12 : 12 that the name of our Lord Jesus may be glorified in you, and you in him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.
• 2 Thess 2:13 : 13 Call to Stand Firm But we ought to thank God always for you, brothers and sisters loved by the Lord, because God chose you from the beginning for salvation through sanctification by the Spirit and faith in the truth.
• 2 Tim 1:12 : 12 Because of this, in fact, I suffer as I do. But I am not ashamed, because I know the one in whom my faith is set and I am convinced that he is able to protect what has been entrusted to me until that day.
• 2 Tim 1:18 : 18 May the Lord grant him to find mercy from the Lord on that day! And you know very well all the ways he served me in Ephesus.
• 2 Tim 4:8 : 8 Finally the crown of righteousness is reserved for me. The Lord, the righteous Judge, will award it to me in that day– and not to me only, but also to all who have set their affection on his appearing.
• 1 Pet 2:9 : 9 But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people of his own, so that you may proclaim the virtues of the one who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.
• Rev 7:11-12 : 11 And all the angels stood there in a circle around the throne and around the elders and the four living creatures, and they threw themselves down with their faces to the ground before the throne and worshiped God, 12 saying,“Amen! Praise and glory, and wisdom and thanksgiving, and honor and power and strength be to our God for ever and ever. Amen!”
• Gal 1:24 : 24 So they glorified God because of me.
• Eph 1:6 : 6 to the praise of the glory of his grace that he has freely bestowed on us in his dearly loved Son.
• Eph 1:12 : 12 so that we, who were the first to set our hope on Christ, would be to the praise of his glory.
• Eph 1:14 : 14 who is the down payment of our inheritance, until the redemption of God’s own possession, to the praise of his glory.
• Eph 1:18 : 18 – since the eyes of your heart have been enlightened– so that you can know what is the hope of his calling, what is the wealth of his glorious inheritance in the saints,
• Eph 2:7 : 7 to demonstrate in the coming ages the surpassing wealth of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.
• Eph 3:10 : 10 The purpose of this enlightenment is that through the church the multifaceted wisdom of God should now be disclosed to the rulers and the authorities in the heavenly realms.
• Eph 3:16 : 16 I pray that according to the wealth of his glory he will grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in the inner person,
• 1 Thess 1:5 : 5 in that our gospel did not come to you merely in words, but in power and in the Holy Spirit and with deep conviction(surely you recall the character we displayed when we came among you to help you).
• 1 Thess 2:1 : 1 Paul’s Ministry in Thessalonica For you yourselves know, brothers and sisters, about our coming to you– it has not proven to be purposeless.
• Isa 60:21 : 21 All of your people will be godly; they will possess the land permanently. I will plant them like a shoot; they will be the product of my labor, through whom I reveal my splendor.
• Jer 33:9 : 9 All the nations will hear about all the good things which I will do to them. This city will bring me fame, honor, and praise before them for the joy that I bring it. The nations will tremble in awe at all the peace and prosperity that I will provide for it.’
• Mal 3:17 : 17 “They will belong to me,” says the LORD of Heaven’s Armies,“in the day when I prepare my own special property. I will spare them as a man spares his son who serves him.
• Matt 7:22 : 22 On that day, many will say to me,‘Lord, Lord, didn’t we prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many powerful deeds in your name?’
• Matt 24:36 : 36 Be Ready!“But as for that day and hour no one knows it– not even the angels in heaven– except the Father alone.
• Matt 25:31 : 31 The Judgment“When the Son of Man comes in his glory and all the angels with him, then he will sit on his glorious throne.
• Luke 10:12 : 12 I tell you, it will be more bearable on that day for Sodom than for that town!
• John 11:4 : 4 When Jesus heard this, he said,“This sickness will not lead to death, but to God’s glory, so that the Son of God may be glorified through it.”