God is faithful, by whom ye were called unto the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord.
Parallel translations
- WEB God is faithful, through whom you were called into 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.
Cross-references & the web
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- 2 Th 3:3But the Lord is faithful, who shall stablish you, and keep you from evil.
- Heb 10:23Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised;)
- Deut 7:9Know therefore that the LORD thy God, he is God, the faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations;
- 1 Jn 1:3That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that ye also may have fellowship with us: and truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ.
- 1 Cor 10:13There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.
- Deut 32:4He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for all his ways are judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he.
- Rom 8:28And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.
- Ps 100:5For the LORD is good; his mercy is everlasting; and his truth endureth to all generations.
- Isa 49:7Thus saith the LORD, the Redeemer of Israel, and his Holy One, to him whom man despiseth, to him whom the nation abhorreth, to a servant of rulers, Kings shall see and arise, princes also shall worship, because of the LORD that is faithful, and the Holy One of Israel, and he shall choose thee.
- Rev 19:11And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war.
- 1 Jn 1:7But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.
- 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.
- Num 23:19God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?
- 2 Cor 1:18But as God is true, our word toward you was not yea and nay.
- 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.
- Heb 11:11Through faith also Sara herself received strength to conceive seed, and was delivered of a child when she was past age, because she judged him faithful who had promised.
- Rom 9:24Even us, whom he hath called, not of the Jews only, but also of the Gentiles?
- Isa 25:1O Lord, thou art my God; I will exalt thee, I will praise thy name; for thou hast done wonderful things; thy counsels of old are faithfulness and truth.
- 1 Jn 4:13Hereby know we that we dwell in him, and he in us, because he hath given us of his Spirit.
- John 15:4–5Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me.
- Lam 3:22–23It is of the LORD’s mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.
- Ps 89:33–35Nevertheless my lovingkindness will I not utterly take from him, nor suffer my faithfulness to fail.
- Isa 11:5And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins, and faithfulness the girdle of his reins.
- Gal 2:20I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.
- Heb 3:14For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence stedfast unto the end;
- 2 Th 2:14Whereunto he called you by our gospel, to the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.
- John 17:21That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.
- Rom 8:30Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.
- Eph 3:6That the Gentiles should be fellowheirs, and of the same body, and partakers of his promise in Christ by the gospel:
- Eph 2:20–22And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone;
- Titus 1:2In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began;
- 2 Tim 1:9Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began,
- Matt 24:35Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.
- Heb 6:18That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us:
- 1 Cor 10:16The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the communion of the body of Christ?
- Gal 1:15But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother’s womb, and called me by his grace,
- Heb 3:1Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our profession, Christ Jesus;
- 1 Cor 1:30But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption:
- Heb 2:17Wherefore in all things it behoved him to be made like unto his brethren, that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make reconciliation for the sins of the people.
- 1 Th 2:12That ye would walk worthy of God, who hath called you unto his kingdom and glory.
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