so that the name of our Lord Jesus will be glorified in you, and you in Him, according to the grace of our God and of the Lord Jesus Christ.
Parallel translations
- WEB that 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.
- KJV That the name of our Lord Jesus Christ may be glorified in you, and ye in him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.
- NKJV that the name of our Lord Jesus Christ may be glorified in you, and you in Him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.
- NASB so that the name of our Lord Jesus will be glorified in you, and you in Him, in accordance with the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.
- NLT Then the name of our Lord Jesus will be honored because of the way you live, and you will be honored along with him. This is all made possible because of the grace of our God and Lord, Jesus Christ.
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Quick answer
The aim of this growth is that Jesus' name be glorified in believers and they in him, all according to God's grace. Christ's honor and the believer's blessing are bound together by grace.
Overview
There is a mutual glorifying: as Christ is honored in his people's transformed lives, they share in his glory. Paul stresses this happens "according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ," ruling out any human boasting. The verse points to the gospel's ultimate end, a people remade to display and enjoy the glory of their Savior.
Cross-references & the web
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- 2 Th 1:10on 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.
- John 17:10All I have is Yours, and all You have is Mine; and in them I have been glorified.
- 1 Pet 4:14If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you.
- 2 Cor 13:4For He was indeed crucified in weakness, yet He lives by God’s power. And though we are weak in Him, yet by God’s power we will live with Him to serve you.
- 2 Cor 8:9For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sakes He became poor, so that you through His poverty might become rich.
- 1 Cor 1:4I always thank my God for you because of the grace He has given you in Christ Jesus.
- Phil 2:9–11Therefore God exalted Him to the highest place and gave Him the name above all names,
- Col 2:9–10For in Christ all the fullness of the Deity dwells in bodily form.
- Rev 1:4John, To the seven churches in the province of Asia: Grace and peace to you from Him who is and was and is to come, and from the seven Spirits before His throne,
- Isa 66:5You who tremble at His word, hear the word of the LORD: “Your brothers who hate you and exclude you because of My name have said, ‘Let the LORD be glorified that we may see your joy!’ But they will be put to shame.”
- Isa 45:17But Israel will be saved by the LORD with an everlasting salvation; you will not be put to shame or humiliated, to ages everlasting.
- Gen 18:18Abraham will surely become a great and powerful nation, and through him all the nations of the earth will be blessed.
- Ps 72:17May his name endure forever; may his name continue as long as the sun shines. In him may all nations be blessed; may they call him blessed.
- John 17:21–26that all of them may be one, as You, Father, are in Me, and I am in You. May they also be in Us, so that the world may believe that You sent Me.
- Rom 1:7To all in Rome who are loved by God and called to be saints: Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
- 1 Pet 1:7–8so that the proven character of your faith—more precious than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire—may result in praise, glory, and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ.
- Titus 2:11For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to everyone.
- Phil 3:9and be found in Him, not having my own righteousness from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God on the basis of faith.
- Isa 45:25In the LORD all descendants of Israel will be justified and will exult.
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