1 Thessalonians 5:23
King James Version
28 Jul 2026
“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.”
εἰρήνη
The Greek eirene carries the Hebrew shalom: wholeness, completeness, nothing missing, nothing broken. Jesus says in Me you have eirene, not in the absence of trouble, but in the middle of it. The peace He gives is not the peace of circumstances. It is the peace of His presence.
ὁλοκληρία
Wholly
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ὁλοκληρία
Wholly, completely, entirely. Holoteleis. May your whole spirit soul and body be kept blameless. Salvation covers every part of you. God is interested in the whole person.
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πνεῦμα
Spirit
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πνεῦμα
Spirit, breath, wind. Pneuma. God is Spirit. The Holy Spirit is the third person of the Trinity, God living inside every believer. He leads guides comforts and empowers.
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ἅγιος
Holy
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ἅγιος
Holy, sacred, set apart. Hagios. The Holy Spirit. The Holy One. Holiness is not cold distance from the world. It is burning closeness to God.
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ψυχή
Soul
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ψυχή
Soul, life, inner person. Psuche. What does it profit a man to gain the whole world and forfeit his soul. The soul is the real you. It outlasts everything the world offers.
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θεός
God
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θεός
God. Theos. In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God and the Word was God. The ultimate reality. The source of all existence. Personal knowable and present.
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ὁλοτελής
completely,
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ὁλοτελής
Wholly complete, perfect through and through. Holotelēs. God sanctifies you wholly, spirit and soul and body. Nothing in you is beyond his reach or left unfinished. Surrender every part.
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ὁλόκληρος
entirely
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ὁλόκληρος
Whole, complete, sound in every part. Holóklēros. God's will is your sanctification, complete and entire, lacking nothing. Do not settle for partial wholeness.
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σῶμα
body
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σῶμα
Body, physical form. Sōma. You were bought with a price, so glorify God in your body. The physical is not incidental to faith. Honor what carries the image.
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παρουσία
coming
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παρουσία
Coming, presence, arrival. Parousia. The coming of the Lord. The return of Jesus is not a footnote in Christian hope. It is the anchor of it. He is coming. Be ready.
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κύριος
Lord
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κύριος
Lord, master, owner. Kurios. Jesus is Lord. The foundational confession of Christianity. Lord means owner. To confess Jesus as Lord is to surrender ownership of your life.
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μέ
of us
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μέ
No, not, never. Mé. The softest Greek negative, used to deny what is possible or expected. When God says no, he means it.
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Ἰησοῦς
Jesus
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Ἰησοῦς
Jesus. Iesous. The Greek form of Yeshua meaning the LORD saves. The name given before His birth. In His name is salvation healing and authority over every power of darkness.
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Χριστός
Christ
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Χριστός
The one set apart and equipped for a specific task. Oil was poured on kings, priests and prophets in the Old Testament — the anointing meant: this one is chosen, this one is sent. Jesus stands up in Nazareth and reads Isaiah — and then says: this is Me. I am the one sent.
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τηρέω
would be preserved.
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τηρέω
To keep, to guard, to observe. Tereo. Keep yourselves in the love of God. Staying in God's love requires active keeping. Do not drift. Make choices that keep you close.
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