Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version For we know, brothers and sisters loved by God, that he has chosen you, New Living Translation We know, dear brothers and sisters, that God loves you and has chosen you to be his own people. English Standard Version For we know, brothers loved by God, that he has chosen you, Berean Standard Bible Brothers who are beloved by God, we know that He has chosen you, Berean Literal Bible knowing, brothers beloved by God, your election, King James Bible Knowing, brethren beloved, your election of God. New King James Version knowing, beloved brethren, your election by God. New American Standard Bible knowing, brothers and sisters, beloved by God, His choice of you; NASB 1995 knowing, brethren beloved by God, His choice of you; NASB 1977 knowing, brethren beloved by God, His choice of you; Legacy Standard Bible knowing, brothers beloved by God, your election, Amplified Bible Brothers and sisters beloved by God, we know that He has chosen you; Christian Standard Bible For we know, brothers and sisters loved by God, that he has chosen you, Holman Christian Standard Bible knowing your election, brothers loved by God. American Standard Version knowing, brethren beloved of God, your election, Contemporary English Version My dear friends, God loves you, and we know he has chosen you to be his people. English Revised Version knowing, brethren beloved of God, your election, GOD'S WORD® Translation Brothers and sisters, we never forget this because we know that God loves you and has chosen you. Good News Translation Our friends, we know that God loves you and has chosen you to be his own. International Standard Version Brothers whom God loves, we know that he has chosen you, Majority Standard Bible Brothers who are beloved by God, we know 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, Webster's Bible Translation 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. World English Bible We know, brothers loved by God, that you are chosen, Literal Translations Literal Standard Versionhaving known, beloved brothers, by God, your [divine] selection, Berean Literal Bible knowing, brothers beloved by God, your election, Young's Literal Translation having known, brethren beloved, by God, your election, Smith's Literal Translation Knowing, brethren beloved, of God your selection. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleKnowing, brethren beloved of God, your election: Catholic Public Domain Version For we know, brothers, beloved of God, of your election. New American Bible knowing, brothers loved by God, how you were chosen. New Revised Standard Version For we know, brothers and sisters beloved by God, that he has chosen you, Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleFor we know that you are the elected ones, my brethren, and beloved of God. Aramaic Bible in Plain English For we know your election, brethren, beloved of God, NT Translations Anderson New Testamentbe cause we know, brethren beloved of God, your election. Godbey New Testament knowing, brethren beloved of God, your election, Haweis New Testament knowing, brethren, beloved of God, your election. Mace New Testament for we are persuaded, my brethren, that you are the peculiar objects of divine favour; Weymouth New Testament knowing as we do, brethren, that you are beloved by God and that He has chosen you. Worrell New Testament knowing, brethren beloved by God, your election; Worsley New Testament knowing, beloved brethren, your election by God. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Greetings to the Thessalonians…3and continually recalling before our God and Father your work of faith, your labor of love, and your enduring hope in our Lord Jesus Christ. 4Brothers who are beloved by God, we know that He has chosen you, 5because our gospel came to you not only in word, but also in power, in the Holy Spirit, and with great conviction—just as you know we lived among you for your sake.… Cross References Ephesians 1:4 For He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world to be holy and blameless in His presence. In love Romans 8:29-30 For those God foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, so that He would be the firstborn among many brothers. / And those He predestined, He also called; those He called, He also justified; those He justified, He also glorified. 2 Thessalonians 2:13 But we should always thank God for you, brothers who are loved by the Lord, because God chose you from the beginning to be saved by the sanctification of the Spirit and by faith in the truth. 1 Peter 1:2 according to the foreknowledge of God the Father and sanctified by the Spirit for obedience to Jesus Christ and sprinkling by His blood: Grace and peace be yours in abundance. Colossians 3:12 Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, clothe yourselves with hearts of compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience. John 15:16 You did not choose Me, but I chose you. And I appointed you to go and bear fruit—fruit that will remain—so that whatever you ask the Father in My name, He will give you. Romans 9:11-13 Yet before the twins were born or had done anything good or bad, in order that God’s plan of election might stand, / not by works but by Him who calls, she was told, “The older will serve the younger.” / So it is written: “Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.” 2 Timothy 1:9 He has saved us and called us to a holy calling, not because of our works, but by His own purpose and by the grace He granted us in Christ Jesus before time began. 1 Corinthians 1:27-28 But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong. / He chose the lowly and despised things of the world, and the things that are not, to nullify the things that are, Deuteronomy 7:6-8 For you are a people holy to the LORD your God. The LORD your God has chosen you to be a people for His prized possession out of all peoples on the face of the earth. / The LORD did not set His affection on you and choose you because you were more numerous than the other peoples, for you were the fewest of all peoples. / But because the LORD loved you and kept the oath He swore to your fathers, He brought you out with a mighty hand and redeemed you from the house of slavery, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt. Isaiah 41:8-9 “But you, O Israel, My servant, Jacob, whom I have chosen, descendant of Abraham My friend— / I brought you from the ends of the earth and called you from its farthest corners. I said, ‘You are My servant.’ I have chosen and not rejected you. Jeremiah 31:3 The LORD appeared to us in the past, saying: “I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore I have drawn you with loving devotion. Malachi 1:2-3 “I have loved you,” says the LORD. But you ask, “How have You loved us?” “Was not Esau Jacob’s brother?” declares the LORD. “Yet Jacob I have loved, / but Esau I have hated, and I have made his mountains a wasteland and left his inheritance to the desert jackals.” Ephesians 2:10 For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance as our way of life. 1 Peter 2:9 But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light. Treasury of Scripture Knowing, brothers beloved, your election of God. Knowing. 1 Thessalonians 1:3 Remembering without ceasing your work of faith, and labour of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of God and our Father; Romans 8:28-30 And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose… Romans 11:5-7 Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace… beloved, your election of God. Romans 1:7 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. Romans 9:25 As he saith also in Osee, I will call them my people, which were not my people; and her beloved, which was not beloved. Ephesians 2:4,5 But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, … Jump to Previous Beloved Choice Chosen Conscious Dear Election God's Loved Marked PurposeJump to Next Beloved Choice Chosen Conscious Dear Election God's Loved Marked Purpose1 Thessalonians 1 1. The Thessalonians are told both how mindful of them Paul was in thanksgiving, and prayer;5. and also how well he was persuaded of the truth and sincerity of their faith and conversion to God. Brothers loved by God The term "Brothers" (Greek: ἀδελφοί, adelphoi) is a term of endearment and unity, indicating a familial bond among believers. In the early church, this term was inclusive of both men and women, emphasizing the spiritual kinship that transcends biological ties. The phrase "loved by God" underscores the divine affection and grace bestowed upon the Thessalonian believers. This love is not based on human merit but is a reflection of God's character and His sovereign choice to extend grace and mercy. Historically, this assurance of being loved by God would have been a source of immense comfort and encouragement to the early Christians, who often faced persecution and societal rejection. we know that He has chosen you Beloved.--The proper translation is, knowing brethren who have been so beloved of God, your election, as in the margin: the Greek idiom cannot allow of the Authorised rendering. The tense of the word "beloved" represents not only God's attitude to them in the present, but the long continuance of it in the past, especially as proved by His election of them. (Comp. Romans 8:28-30, and 2Thessalonians 2:13.) Election, in the language of (at any rate) St. Paul and St. Peter, seems primarily to refer to a gracious admission into religious privileges in this life. The word implies nothing as to the final condition of the person thus elected (see 2Peter 1:10, and comp. Ephesians 1:4 with Ephesians 5:5-7). God elects us to become members of the Holy Church, and all baptised persons are elect, with heaven in reversion (1Peter 1:2-5); but they may, according as they please, unsettle their election, or make it sure. St. Paul rejoices, because the continued possession of spiritual privileges, used or abused, is an assurance of God's continued "favour and goodness towards us." Of course, however, this observation does not much affect the mysterious doctrine of predestination. The question must still remain why God brings some in this life to the knowledge of His truth, and others not; but the observation, at any rate, destroys the notion of an arbitrary damnation and salvation. . . . Verse 4. - Knowing; that is, not the Thessalonians themselves, but we, Paul and Silvanus and Timotheus; knowing, being well assured cf. Brethren beloved, your election of God; or rather, as it is in the margin and in the R.V., Knowing brethren, beloved of God, your election. By election is meant that act of free grace by which God destines individuals to become believers in Christ. Thus the Thessalonian converts were chosen or elected by God from among their heathen countrymen to become Christians. The ultimate reason of their Christianity was their election of God.Parallel Commentaries ... Greek Brothersἀδελφοὶ (adelphoi) Noun - Vocative Masculine Plural Strong's 80: A brother, member of the same religious community, especially a fellow-Christian. A brother near or remote. who are beloved ἠγαπημένοι (ēgapēmenoi) Verb - Perfect Participle Middle or Passive - Vocative Masculine Plural Strong's 25: To love, wish well to, take pleasure in, long for; denotes the love of reason, esteem. Perhaps from agan; to love. by ὑπὸ (hypo) Preposition Strong's 5259: A primary preposition; under, i.e. of place, or with verbs; of place (underneath) or where (below) or time (when). God, Θεοῦ (Theou) Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular Strong's 2316: A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very. we know εἰδότες (eidotes) Verb - Perfect Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural Strong's 1492: To know, remember, appreciate. [that] He has chosen ἐκλογὴν (eklogēn) Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular Strong's 1589: A choosing out, selecting, choice (by God). From eklegomai; selection. you, ὑμῶν (hymōn) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 2nd Person Plural Strong's 4771: You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou. 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