Parallel Verses

Moffatt New Testament

O brothers beloved by God, we know he has chosen you;

New American Standard Bible

knowing, brethren beloved by God, His choice of you;

King James Version

Knowing, brethren beloved, your election of God.

Holman Bible

knowing your election, brothers loved by God.

International Standard Version

Brothers whom God loves, we know that he has chosen you,

A Conservative Version

Knowing, beloved brothers, your selection by God,

American Standard Version

knowing, brethren beloved of God, your election,

Amplified

Brothers and sisters beloved by God, we know that He has chosen you;

An Understandable Version

We know, my brothers who are dearly loved by God, about your election [i.e., that you were chosen by God because of your obedient faith],

Anderson New Testament

be cause we know, brethren beloved of God, your election.

Bible in Basic English

Being conscious, my brothers, dear to God, that you have been marked out by God's purpose;

Common New Testament

For we know, brethren beloved by God, that he has chosen you;

Daniel Mace New Testament

for we are persuaded, my brethren, that you are the peculiar objects of divine favour;

Darby Translation

knowing, brethren beloved by God, your election.

Godbey New Testament

knowing, brethren beloved of God, your election,

Goodspeed New Testament

For we know, brothers whom God so loves, that he has chosen you,

John Wesley New Testament

) Knowing, beloved brethren, your election of God.

Julia Smith Translation

Knowing, brethren beloved, of God your selection.

King James 2000

Knowing, brethren beloved, your election of God.

Lexham Expanded Bible

knowing, brothers [dearly] loved by God, {that he has chosen you},

Modern King James verseion

knowing, beloved brothers, your election of God.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

because we know brethren beloved of God, how that ye are elect.

Montgomery New Testament

For I know, O brothers, beloved of God, that he has chosen you;

NET Bible

We know, brothers and sisters loved by God, that he has chosen you,

New Heart English Bible

We know, brothers loved by God, that you are chosen,

Noyes New Testament

since we know, brethren beloved of God, that he hath chosen you;

Sawyer New Testament

knowing, brothers beloved by God, your election,

The Emphasized Bible

Knowing, brethren beloved by God, your election, -

Thomas Haweis New Testament

knowing, brethren, beloved of God, your election.

Twentieth Century New Testament

Brothers, whom God loves, we know that he has chosen you,

Webster

Knowing, brethren beloved by God, your election.

Weymouth New Testament

knowing as we do, brethren, that you are beloved by God and that He has chosen you.

Williams New Testament

For we know, brothers so beloved by God, that He has chosen you,

World English Bible

We know, brothers loved by God, that you are chosen,

Worrell New Testament

knowing, brethren beloved by God, your election;

Worsley New Testament

knowing, beloved brethren, your election by God.

Youngs Literal Translation

having known, brethren beloved, by God, your election,

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
εἴδω 
Eido 
Usage: 519

G80
ἀδελφός 
Adelphos 
Usage: 302

G25
ἀγαπάω 
Agapao 
Usage: 92

ὑμῶν 
Humon 
your, you, ye, yours, not tr.,
Usage: 371

ἐκλογή 
Ekloge 
Usage: 6

of
ὑπό 
Hupo 
of, by, under, with, in, not tr,
Usage: 188

Images 1 Thessalonians 1:4

Prayers for 1 Thessalonians 1:4

Context Readings

Thanksgiving For The Thessalonian Believers

3 as we recall your active faith and labour of love and patient hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, before our God and Father. 4 O brothers beloved by God, we know he has chosen you; 5 for our gospel came to you not with mere words but also with power and with the holy Spirit, with ample conviction on our part (you know what we were to you, for your own good),


Cross References

2 Thessalonians 2:13

Now we are bound always to thank God for you, brothers beloved by the Lord, because God has chosen you as the first to be reaped for salvation, by the consecration of your spirit and by faith in the Truth;

2 Peter 1:10

So be the more eager, brothers, to ratify your calling and election, for as you practise these qualities you will never make a slip;

Romans 1:7

to all in Rome who are beloved by God, called to be saints, grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

Romans 8:28-30

We know also that those who love God, those who have been called in terms of his purpose, have his aid and interest in everything.

Romans 9:25

As indeed he says in Hosea, Those who were no people of mine, I will call 'my People,' and her 'beloved' who was not beloved;

Romans 11:5-7

Well, at the present day there is also a remnant, selected by grace.

Ephesians 1:4

He chose us in him ere the world was founded, to be consecrated and unblemished in his sight,

Ephesians 2:4-5

But, dead in trespasses as we were, God was so rich in mercy that for his great love to us

Philippians 1:6-7

of this I am confident, that he who has begun the good work in you will go on completing it until the day of Jesus Christ.

Colossians 3:12

As God's own chosen, then, as consecrated and beloved, be clothed with compassion, kindliness, humility, gentleness, and good temper ??13 forbear and forgive each other in any case of complaint; as Christ forgave you, so must you forgive.

1 Thessalonians 1:3

as we recall your active faith and labour of love and patient hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, before our God and Father.

2 Timothy 1:9-10

who has saved us and called us to a life of consecration ??not for anything we have done but because he chose to do it himself, by the grace which he gave us ages ago in Christ Jesus

Titus 3:4-5

But "the goodness and affection of God our Saviour appeared;

1 Peter 1:2

whom God the Father has predestined and chosen, by the consecration of the Spirit, to obey Jesus Christ and be sprinkled with his blood: may grace and peace be multiplied to you.

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