Explanation of the Text: 1Thess 5:23 Entire Holiness

1Th 5:23  May the God who gives peace make you holy in every way. May he keep your whole being-spirit, soul, and body-blameless when our Lord Jesus Christ comes. 
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May the God who gives peace make you holy in every way. And may God, Himself, who gives peace W.N.T.
And the Very God of Peace KJV The God of Peace [ho theos tees eireenes] Grk. He is the God who is characterised by peace in His very nature and who gladly bestows peace as well.
2Co 13:11  Finally, brethren, be joyful, secure perfection of character, take courage, be of one mind, live in peace. And then God who gives love and peace will be with you. 
Rom 15:33  May God, who gives peace be with you all! Amen. 
God, the author or promoter of peace and unity. Barnes Notes.
Rom 16:20  And before long, God the giver of peace will crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you! 
Php 4:9  The doctrines and the line of conduct which I taught you--both what you heard and what you saw in me-- hold fast to them; and God who gives peace will be with you. 

Make you entirely holy - sanctify you   [ hagiasai humas] 1st Aorist active optative in a sincere wish for the future; to separate you from all things profane, to consecrate to declare holy.
entirely or wholly: Luther (through and through) Here alone in N.T. Here it means the whole of each of you, every part of each of you, “through and through” (Luther), qualitatively rather than quantitatively. RWP

May he keep your whole being-spirit, soul, and body-blameless
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Jameison Fawcett and Brown's Commentary   " It refers to man in his normal integrity, as originally designed; 
an ideal which shall be attained by the glorified believer. All three, spirit, soul, and body, each in its due place, constitute man “entire.” The “spirit” links man with the higher intelligences of heaven, and is that highest part of man which is receptive of the quickening Holy Spirit (1Co_15:47). In the unspiritual, the spirit is so sunk under the lower animal soul (which it ought to keep under) that such are termed “animal” (English Version. “sensual,” having merely the body of organized matter, and the soul the immaterial animating essence), having not the Spirit (compare 1Co_2:14; see on 1Co_15:44; see on 1Co_15:46-48; Joh_3:6). The unbeliever shall rise with an animal (soul-animated) body, but not like the believer with a spiritual (spirit-endued) body like Christ’s (Rom_8:11).

Be preserved blameless  Be kept blameless May the Lord keep you completely until the Coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.






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