Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, for to this you were called as members of one body. And be thankful.
Parallel translations
- WEB And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which also you were called in one body; and be thankful.
- KJV And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful.
- NKJV And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which also you were called in one body; and be thankful.
- NASB Let the peace of Christ, to which you were indeed called in one body, rule in your hearts; and be thankful.
- NLT And let the peace that comes from Christ rule in your hearts. For as members of one body you are called to live in peace. And always be thankful.
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Quick answer
Christ's peace should govern their hearts as members of one body, and they should be thankful. Peace and gratitude mark the unified church.
Overview
The 'peace of God' (of Christ) is to 'rule'—to act as arbiter—in their hearts and among them. They were 'called in one body' to this peace, so it has a corporate, unifying purpose. Paul again adds the refrain 'be thankful,' a recurring keynote of the letter's vision of life in Christ.
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Cross-references · 33
- Phil 4:6–7Be anxious for nothing, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.
- John 14:27Peace I leave with you; My peace I give to you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled; do not be afraid.
- Isa 26:3You will keep in perfect peace the steadfast of mind, because he trusts in You.
- Rom 15:13Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you believe in Him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.
- Ps 29:11The LORD gives His people strength; the LORD blesses His people with peace.
- 1 Th 5:18Give thanks in every circumstance, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.
- Col 3:17And whatever you do, in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him.
- Rom 5:1Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,
- John 16:33I have told you these things so that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take courage; I have overcome the world!”
- Eph 5:20always giving thanks to God the Father for everything in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
- Rom 14:17For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.
- 1 Tim 2:1First of all, then, I urge that petitions, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgiving be offered for everyone—
- Ps 116:17I will offer to You a sacrifice of thanksgiving and call on the name of the LORD.
- Col 2:7rooted and built up in Him, established in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness.
- 2 Cor 9:11You will be enriched in every way to be generous on every occasion, so that through us your giving will produce thanksgiving to God.
- Eph 4:4There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to one hope when you were called;
- Eph 2:12–18remember that at that time you were separate from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of the promise, without hope and without God in the world.
- Isa 57:15For thus says the One who is high and lifted up, who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “I dwell in a high and holy place, and with the oppressed and humble in spirit, to restore the spirit of the lowly and revive the heart of the contrite.
- Ps 107:22Let them offer sacrifices of thanksgiving and declare His works with rejoicing.
- Eph 5:1Be imitators of God, therefore, as beloved children,
- 2 Cor 4:15All this is for your benefit, so that the grace that is extending to more and more people may overflow in thanksgiving, to the glory of God.
- Heb 13:15Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise, the fruit of lips that confess His name.
- Rev 7:12saying, “Amen! Blessing and glory and wisdom and thanks and honor and power and strength be to our God forever and ever! Amen.”
- Luke 17:16–18He fell facedown at Jesus’ feet in thanksgiving to Him—and he was a Samaritan.
- Eph 4:16From Him the whole body, fitted and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love through the work of each individual part.
- Jonah 2:9But I, with the voice of thanksgiving, will sacrifice to You. I will fulfill what I have vowed. Salvation is from the LORD!”
- Ps 100:4Enter His gates with thanksgiving and His courts with praise; give thanks to Him and bless His name.
- 1 Cor 7:15But if the unbeliever leaves, let him go. The believing brother or sister is not bound in such cases. God has called you to live in peace.
- Col 1:12giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in the light.
- 2 Cor 5:19–21that God was reconciling the world to Himself in Christ, not counting men’s trespasses against them. And He has committed to us the message of reconciliation.
- Rom 1:21For although they knew God, they neither glorified Him as God nor gave thanks to Him, but they became futile in their thinking and darkened in their foolish hearts.
- Isa 57:19bringing praise to their lips. Peace, peace to those far and near,” says the LORD, “and I will heal them.”
- Isa 27:5Or let them lay claim to My protection; let them make peace with Me—yes, let them make peace with Me.”
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