1 Thessalonians 5:28
Greek (Tischendorf 8th ed.) 1 Thessalonians 5:28 appears in the Greek New Testament. The text above is from the Tischendorf 8th edition. Each word links to its Strong’s number and a concise gloss. Click any word for its full Thayer’s Greek Lexicon entry.The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen.
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World English Bible Public Domain
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen.
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King James Version Public Domain
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ with you.
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Every available English version of this verse, each an independent rendering of the whole verse.
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World English Bible Public Domain
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen.
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Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.
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Majority Standard Bible Public Domain
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen.
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King James Version Public Domain
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen.
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American Standard Version (1901) Public Domain
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.
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Revised Version (1885) Public Domain
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.
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Geneva Bible (1599) Public Domain
The grace of our Lord Iesus Christ be with you, Amen. The first Epistle vnto the Thessalonians written from Athens.
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Douay-Rheims (1899) Public Domain
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen.
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Young's Literal Translation Public Domain
the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ `is' with you! Amen.
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Literal Standard Version CC BY-SA 4.0
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ [is] with you! Amen.
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Unlocked Literal Bible CC BY-SA 4.0
May the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ with you.
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Darby Bible Public Domain
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ [be] with you.
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World Messianic Bible Public Domain
The grace of our Lord Yeshua the Messiah be with you. Amen.
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Webster's Bible Public Domain
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen.
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Free Bible Version CC BY-SA 4.0
May the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.
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Bible in Basic English Public Domain
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.
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Text-Critical English NT CC BY 4.0
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen.
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Tyndale New Testament (1534) Public Domain
The grace of the Lorde Iesus Christ be with you. Amen. ‘The fyrst pistle vnto the Tessalonyans sent from Athens.’
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- Appears 155× in the Greek New Testament
- First appears at Luke 1:30
- Part of Speech
- Noun
- Case
- Nominative
- Number
- Singular
- Gender
- Feminine
Full Thayer's Definition
- Ἡ ho G3588 “the” Article, Nominative, Singular, Feminine
- χάρις cháris G5485 “grace” Noun, Nominative, Singular, Feminine
- τοῦ ho G3588 “the” Article, Genitive, Singular, Masculine
- κυρίου kýrios G2962 “Lord” Noun, Genitive, Singular, Masculine
- ἡμῶν hēmeîs G2249 “we” Personal pronoun, 1st person, Genitive, Plural
- Ἰησοῦ Iēsoûs G2424 “Jesus” Noun, Genitive, Singular, Masculine
- Χριστοῦ Christós G5547 “Christ” Noun, Genitive, Singular, Masculine
- μεθ’ metá G3326 “with” Preposition
- ὑμῶν hymeîs G5210 “you” Personal pronoun, 2nd person, Genitive, Plural
About this verse
These counts appear in no published source. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged text and Lemma’s own curated glosses. What Lemma adds →
- 9
- words
- 8
- distinct lemmas
- Pauline Epistles
- section
Repetition
A word recurs within this verse:
- Ἡ the G3588 ×2
Cross-references
4Topical passages linked to 1 Thessalonians 5:28 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — connected by theme and wording, ordered by reader-vote popularity; previews shown in the World English Bible.
- Romans 16:20 And the God of peace will quickly crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.
- 2 Thessalonians 3:18 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.
- Romans 1:7 to all who are in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
- Romans 16:23 Gaius, my host and host of the whole assembly, greets you. Erastus, the treasurer of the city, greets you, as does Quartus, the brother.
Cross-references courtesy of OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).
Where the printed editions differ
2 variantsPlaces in this verse where the major printed Greek editions disagree on the wording in a way that affects the translation — a comparison of editions, not a manuscript-by-manuscript collation. The editions are the modern critical texts (Nestlé-Aland 28/27, SBL, Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Tyndale House) and the traditional texts behind the KJV (the Textus Receptus and the Byzantine/Majority text). It is not a claim about which reading is original.
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Extra text
ἀμήν.
“Amen.”
In TynTRByz Not in NA28NA27SBLWHTreg -
Extra text
πρός Θεσσαλονικείς πρώτη ἐγράφη ἀπό Ἀθηνῶν.¶
“to Thessalonica first It was written from Athens.”
In TR Not in NA28NA27TynSBLWHTregByzἀμήν. πρός Θεσσαλονικείς πρώτη ἐγράφη ἀπό Ἀθηνῶν.¶ (amēn pros Thessalonikeis prōtē egraphē apo Athēnōn) 'Amen. to Thessalonica first It was written from Athens.' is only in traditional manuscripts (TR)
Textual data: Translators Amalgamated Greek New Testament (STEPBible TAGNT) · CC BY 4.0.
Lesson kit
Teaching starters — assembled from the data on this page, not authored interpretation. Every prompt links to the verse data it draws on. Edit before teaching.
1 Thessalonians, in the Pauline Epistles, opens this verse with 9 words (8 distinct Greek lemmas). Its most distinctive word is cháris (“grace”). A historical commentator’s framing appears above. Read the whole chapter for the surrounding context.
Discussion questions
- What does “grace” (cháris) contribute to the verse as a whole?
- Romans 16:20 shares this passage’s theme. How do the two illuminate each other?
- “the” occurs 2× in this one verse. What is the effect of the repetition?
- These translations render this verse differently; the difference is in the English rendering, not the original. What questions does that raise?
- Reading how Tyndale Open Study Notes and Meyer's Critical & Exegetical Commentary read this verse, where do the two commentators agree and where do they part?
Things to notice
- These translations choose different wording for 1 word in this verse.
- “the” occurs 2× in this single verse.
- 8 distinct Greek lemmas span 9 words in this verse.
Commentary
Notes on 1 Thessalonians 5:28 from classic Christian and Jewish commentators (each source and its license shown beneath its notes). The classic Christian expositions comment on the surrounding passage and are grouped to its opening verse, so a note may address several verses; the Jewish commentaries on the Tanakh (Rashi and others) are per-verse, so they appear only where the commentator wrote on this verse.
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Tyndale Open Study Notes
Tyndale Open Resources
Tyndale Open Study Notes — © Tyndale Open Resources, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Text via the HelloAO Bible API.
Meyer's Critical & Exegetical Commentary
Heinrich August Wilhelm Meyer
Meyer — Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament — English translation by Peter Christie, edited by Frederick Crombie (T&T Clark, 1880) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown — Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible (1810–1826) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers
A Bible Commentary for English Readers, edited by Charles John Ellicott (1878–1897) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges (gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne; Cambridge University Press, 1878–1918) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Trapp's Complete Commentary
John Trapp
John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible (1834–1885) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.
Matthew Poole's English Annotations
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible (1683–1685) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.
Whedon's Commentary on the Bible
Daniel D. Whedon
Daniel D. Whedon (gen. ed.), Commentary on the Old and New Testaments (1874–1909) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
The Pulpit Commentary
The Pulpit Commentary (1880–1919), ed. H.D.M. Spence-Jones & Joseph S. Exell — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Burkitt's Expository Notes on the New Testament
William Burkitt
William Burkitt's Expository Notes on the New Testament (1700–1703) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
McGarvey & Pendleton's Commentaries
J. W. McGarvey
J. W. McGarvey (with Philip Y. Pendleton), Commentaries on the New Testament (The Fourfold Gospel, 1914; Acts; and the epistles) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.
The People's New Testament
B. W. Johnson
B. W. Johnson's The People's New Testament with Notes (1889–1891) — public domain. Electronic text from the Christian Classics Ethereal Library (CCEL) ThML edition.
Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges
Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges (Cambridge University Press, 1896; 21 vols, various authors incl. Carr, Maclear, Plummer, Farrar, Lumby, Moule, M. R. James, Simcox) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Alford’s Greek Testament
Henry Alford
Henry Alford, The Greek Testament (1849–1861) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
International Critical Commentary
International Critical Commentary — older volumes (1896–1929), various authors — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.