God is faithful, through whom you were called into the fellowship of his Son, Jesus Christ, our Lord.
Parallel translations
- KJV God is faithful, by whom ye were called unto the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord.
- BSB God, who has called you into fellowship with His Son Jesus Christ our Lord, is faithful.
- NKJV God is faithful, by whom you were called into the fellowship of His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.
- NASB God is faithful, through whom you were called into fellowship with His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.
- NLT God will do this, for he is faithful to do what he says, and he has invited you into partnership with his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.
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Quick answer
God is faithful, and he has called believers into fellowship with his Son. The certainty of salvation rests on God's unchanging character.
Overview
This verse anchors verse 8's assurance in God's faithfulness, the bedrock of every promise. Believers have been 'called into the fellowship of his Son,' a union that is both the goal and guarantee of salvation. For a church torn by factions, the reminder that they share fellowship in Christ is also a rebuke and a call to unity.
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- 2 Th 3:3But the Lord is faithful, who will establish you, and guard you from the evil one.
- Heb 10:23let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering; for he who promised is faithful.
- Deut 7:9Know therefore that Yahweh your God himself is God, the faithful God, who keeps covenant and loving kindness with them who love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations,
- 1 Jn 1:3that which we have seen and heard we declare to you, that you also may have fellowship with us. Yes, and our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son, Jesus Christ.
- 1 Cor 10:13No temptation has taken you except what is common to man. God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted above what you are able, but will with the temptation also make the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.
- Deut 32:4The Rock, his work is perfect, for all his ways are just. A God of faithfulness who does no wrong, just and right is he.
- Rom 8:28We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, to those who are called according to his purpose.
- Ps 100:5For Yahweh is good. His loving kindness endures forever, his faithfulness to all generations.
- Isa 49:7Yahweh, the Redeemer of Israel, and his Holy One, says to him whom man despises, to him whom the nation abhors, to a servant of rulers: “Kings shall see and rise up; princes, and they shall worship; because of Yahweh who is faithful, even the Holy One of Israel, who has chosen you.”
- Rev 19:11I saw the heaven opened, and behold, a white horse, and he who sat on it is called Faithful and True. In righteousness he judges and makes war.
- 1 Jn 1:7But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ, his Son, cleanses us from all sin.
- 1 Pet 5:10But may the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a little while, perfect, establish, strengthen, and settle you.
- Num 23:19God is not a man, that he should lie, nor the son of man, that he should repent. Has he said, and will he not do it? Or has he spoken, and will he not make it good?
- 2 Cor 1:18But as God is faithful, our word toward you was not “Yes and no.”
- 1 Th 5:23–24May the God of peace himself sanctify you completely. May your whole spirit, soul, and body be preserved blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
- Heb 11:11By faith, even Sarah herself received power to conceive, and she bore a child when she was past age, since she counted him faithful who had promised.
- Rom 9:24us, whom he also called, not from the Jews only, but also from the Gentiles?
- Isa 25:1Yahweh, you are my God. I will exalt you! I will praise your name, for you have done wonderful things, things planned long ago, in complete faithfulness and truth.
- 1 Jn 4:13By this we know that we remain in him and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit.
- John 15:4–5Remain in me, and I in you. As the branch can’t bear fruit by itself, unless it remains in the vine, so neither can you, unless you remain in me.
- Lam 3:22–23It is because of Yahweh’s loving kindnesses that we are not consumed, because his compassion doesn’t fail.
- Ps 89:33–35But I will not completely take my loving kindness from him, nor allow my faithfulness to fail.
- Isa 11:5Righteousness will be the belt of his waist, and faithfulness the belt of his waist.
- Gal 2:20I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I that live, but Christ lives in me. That life which I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself up for me.
- Heb 3:14For we have become partakers of Christ, if we hold fast the beginning of our confidence firm to the end:
- 2 Th 2:14to which he called you through our Good News, for the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.
- John 17:21that they may all be one; even as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that they also may be one in us; that the world may believe that you sent me.
- Rom 8:30Whom he predestined, those he also called. Whom he called, those he also justified. Whom he justified, those he also glorified.
- Eph 3:6that the Gentiles are fellow heirs, and fellow members of the body, and fellow partakers of his promise in Christ Jesus through the Good News,
- Eph 2:20–22being built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the chief cornerstone;
- Titus 1:2in hope of eternal life, which God, who can’t lie, promised before time began;
- 2 Tim 1:9who saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given to us in Christ Jesus before times eternal,
- Matt 24:35Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.
- Heb 6:18that by two immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we may have a strong encouragement, who have fled for refuge to take hold of the hope set before us.
- 1 Cor 10:16The cup of blessing which we bless, isn’t it a sharing of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, isn’t it a sharing of the body of Christ?
- Gal 1:15But when it was the good pleasure of God, who separated me from my mother’s womb, and called me through his grace,
- Heb 3:1Therefore, holy brothers, partakers of a heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our confession, Jesus;
- 1 Cor 1:30Because of him, you are in Christ Jesus, who was made to us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification, and redemption:
- Heb 2:17Therefore he was obligated in all things to be made like his brothers, that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make atonement for the sins of the people.
- 1 Th 2:12to the end that you should walk worthily of God, who calls you into his own Kingdom and glory.
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