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1 Corinthians 1:8

Who shall also confirm you unto the end, that ye may be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.
1 Corinthians 1:8 · King James Version
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  • WEB who will also confirm you until the end, blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.
  • BSB He will sustain you to the end, so that you will be blameless on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.
  • NKJV who will also confirm you to the end, that you may be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.
  • NASB who will also confirm you to the end, blameless on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.
  • NLT He will keep you strong to the end so that you will be free from all blame on the day when our Lord Jesus Christ returns.

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Quick answer

God himself will keep them firm to the end, blameless on the day of Christ. Their final standing rests on God's faithfulness, not their own strength.

Overview

Paul assures the Corinthians that the God who began the work will 'confirm' them to the end, presenting them blameless when Christ returns. This is a foundation of Christian assurance: perseverance is ultimately God's accomplishment, not human achievement. The 'day of our Lord Jesus Christ' is the day of judgment and consummation when believers are vindicated in Christ.

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Cross-references · 20

  • 1 Th 5:23–24And 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.
  • 1 Th 3:13To 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.
  • Col 1:22In the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight:
  • Phil 1:6Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:
  • Jude 1:24–25Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy,
  • 2 Th 3:3But the Lord is faithful, who shall stablish you, and keep you from evil.
  • Eph 5:27That 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.
  • Rom 16:25Now to him that is of power to stablish you according to my gospel, and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery, which was kept secret since the world began,
  • 1 Pet 5:10But 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.
  • Phil 2:15–16That 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;
  • Phil 1:10That ye may approve things that are excellent; that ye may be sincere and without offence till the day of Christ;
  • Ps 37:28For the LORD loveth judgment, and forsaketh not his saints; they are preserved for ever: but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off.
  • Rom 14:4Who art thou that judgest another man’s servant? to his own master he standeth or falleth. Yea, he shall be holden up: for God is able to make him stand.
  • 2 Pet 3:14Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of him in peace, without spot, and blameless.
  • 2 Cor 1:21Now he which stablisheth us with you in Christ, and hath anointed us, is God;
  • 2 Pet 3:10But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.
  • Ps 37:17For the arms of the wicked shall be broken: but the LORD upholdeth the righteous.
  • 2 Cor 1:14As also ye have acknowledged us in part, that we are your rejoicing, even as ye also are ours in the day of the Lord Jesus.
  • 1 Cor 5:5To deliver such an one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.
  • Luke 17:24For as the lightning, that lighteneth out of the one part under heaven, shineth unto the other part under heaven; so shall also the Son of man be in his day.

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