(KJV)
That ye would walk worthy of God,
who hath called you unto his kingdom and glory.
(NASB2020)
so that you would
awalk in a manner worthy of the
God who
bcalls you into His
own kingdom and
cglory.
(NET2full)
exhorting and encouraging you and insisting that you live in a way
worthy of
God who
calls you to his own kingdom and his
glory.
(KJV)
For this cause also thank we God without ceasing,
because,
when ye received the word of
God which ye heard of us,
ye received it not as the word of men,
but as it is in truth,
the word of God,
which effectually worketh also in you that believe.
(NASB2020)
For
this reason we
also constantly dthank God that when you
received the
eword of
God which you
heard from us, you
accepted it fnot
as the
word of
mere men, but
as what it
really is, the
word of
God,
gwhich also is at work in you who
believe.
And so ▼▼tn Grk “for this reason,” which seems to look back to Paul’s behavior just described. But it may look forward to v.
13b and mean: “and here is another reason that we constantly thank God: that…”
we too constantly thank God that when you
received God’s message that you
heard from us,
▼▼tn Grk “God’s word of hearing from us.”
you
accepted it
not as a
human message,
▼▼tn Paul’s focus is their attitude toward the message he preached: They received it not as a human message but a message from God.
but as it
truly is,
God’s message,
which is
at work among you who
believe.
