when he comes to be glorified in his saints, and to be admired among all those who have believed (because our testimony to you was believed) in that day.
Parallel translations
- KJV When he shall come to be glorified in his saints, and to be admired in all them that believe (because our testimony among you was believed) in that day.
- BSB on the day He comes to be glorified in His saints and regarded with wonder by all who have believed, including you who have believed our testimony.
- NKJV when He comes, in that Day, to be glorified in His saints and to be admired among all those who believe, because our testimony among you was believed.
- NASB when He comes to be glorified among His saints on that day, and to be marveled at among all who have believed—because our testimony to you was believed.
- NLT When he comes on that day, he will receive glory from his holy people—praise from all who believe. And this includes you, for you believed what we told you about him.
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Quick answer
When Christ returns he will be glorified in his people and marveled at by all who believed, including the Thessalonians. Believers themselves become the showcase of Christ's saving glory.
Overview
The same day that brings judgment on unbelievers brings glory revealed in the saints, the fruit of redemption displayed before all. Paul includes the Thessalonians in this hope because "our testimony to you was believed," tying their salvation to their reception of the gospel. The goal of God's work is not merely to rescue people but to glorify Christ in and through them forever.
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- 1 Cor 3:13each man’s work will be revealed. For the Day will declare it, because it is revealed in fire; and the fire itself will test what sort of work each man’s work is.
- John 17:10All things that are mine are yours, and yours are mine, and I am glorified in them.
- 2 Tim 4:8From now on, there is stored up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will give to me on that day; and not to me only, but also to all those who have loved his appearing.
- Eph 1:18having the eyes of your hearts enlightened, that you may know what is the hope of his calling, and what are the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,
- Isa 49:3He said to me, “You are my servant; Israel, in whom I will be glorified.”
- Num 23:23Surely there is no enchantment with Jacob; Neither is there any divination with Israel. Now it shall be said of Jacob and of Israel, ‘What has God done!’
- 1 Pet 2:9But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, that you may proclaim the excellence of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light:
- 1 Cor 1:6even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you:
- Ps 89:7a very awesome God in the council of the holy ones, to be feared above all those who are around him?
- 2 Th 2:13But we are bound to always give thanks to God for you, brothers loved by the Lord, because God chose you from the beginning for salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief in the truth;
- Rev 7:11–12All the angels were standing around the throne, the elders, and the four living creatures; and they fell on their faces before his throne, and worshiped God,
- 2 Tim 1:12For this cause I also suffer these things. Yet I am not ashamed, for I know him whom I have believed, and I am persuaded that he is able to guard that which I have committed to him against that day.
- Mal 3:17They shall be mine,” says Yahweh of Armies, “my own possession in the day that I make, and I will spare them, as a man spares his own son who serves him.
- Gal 1:24And they glorified God in me.
- Eph 2:7that in the ages to come he might show the exceeding riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus;
- Isa 43:21the people which I formed for myself, that they might declare my praise.
- Eph 1:14who is a pledge of our inheritance, to the redemption of God’s own possession, to the praise of his glory.
- 1 Th 2:1For you yourselves know, brothers, our visit to you wasn’t in vain,
- Ps 68:35You are awesome, God, in your sanctuaries. The God of Israel gives strength and power to his people. Praise be to God!
- Matt 24:36But no one knows of that day and hour, not even the angels of heaven, but my Father only.
- 1 Th 1:5and that our Good News came to you not in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Spirit, and with much assurance. You know what kind of men we showed ourselves to be among you for your sake.
- Luke 10:12I tell you, it will be more tolerable in that day for Sodom than for that city.
- 1 Th 2:13For this cause we also thank God without ceasing, that, when you received from us the word of the message of God, you accepted it not as the word of men, but, as it is in truth, the word of God, which also works in you who believe.
- Eph 3:10to the intent that now through the assembly the manifold wisdom of God might be made known to the principalities and the powers in the heavenly places,
- 2 Th 1:12that the name of our Lord Jesus may be glorified in you, and you in him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.
- Isa 60:21Then your people will all be righteous. They will inherit the land forever, the branch of my planting, the work of my hands, that I may be glorified.
- Eph 1:12to the end that we should be to the praise of his glory, we who had before hoped in Christ:
- Isa 44:23Sing, you heavens, for Yahweh has done it! Shout, you lower parts of the earth! Break out into singing, you mountains, O forest, all of your trees, for Yahweh has redeemed Jacob, and will glorify himself in Israel.
- Eph 1:6to the praise of the glory of his grace, by which he freely gave us favor in the Beloved,
- Matt 7:22Many will tell me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, didn’t we prophesy in your name, in your name cast out demons, and in your name do many mighty works?’
- Jer 33:9This city shall be to me for a name of joy, for a praise and for a glory, before all the nations of the earth, which shall hear all the good that I do to them, and shall fear and tremble for all the good and for all the peace that I procure to it.’”
- Matt 25:31“But when the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then he will sit on the throne of his glory.
- John 11:4But when Jesus heard it, he said, “This sickness is not to death, but for the glory of God, that God’s Son may be glorified by it.”
- 2 Tim 1:18(the Lord grant to him to find the Lord’s mercy in that day); and in how many things he served at Ephesus, you know very well.
- Eph 3:16that he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, that you may be strengthened with power through his Spirit in the inward man;
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