1 Thessalonians 5:18 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁸ give thanks in all circumstances, for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁸ In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁸ Thank [God] in everything [no matter what the circumstances may be, be thankful and give thanks], for this is the will of God for you [who are] in Christ Jesus [the Revealer and Mediator of that will].

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁸ in everything give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus to you-ward.

Common English Bible

¹⁸ Give thanks in every situation because this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁸ Give thanks in everything. For this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for all of you.

1 Thessalonians 5:18 Cross References

Ephesians 5:20

giving thanks to God the Father at all times and for everything in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,

Philippians 4:6

Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.

Colossians 3:17

And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.

Hebrews 13:15

Through him, then, let us continually offer a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of lips that confess his name.

1 Peter 4:2

so as to live for the rest of your time in the flesh no longer by human desires but by the will of God.

Job 1:21

He said, “Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return there; the Lord gave, and the Lord has taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord.”

Psalm 34:1

I will bless the Lord at all times; his praise shall continually be in my mouth.

1 Peter 2:15

For it is God’s will that by doing right you should silence the ignorance of the foolish.

1 John 2:17

And the world and its desire are passing away, but those who do the will of God abide forever.

1 Thessalonians 4:3

For this is the will of God, your sanctification: that you abstain from sexual immorality;

Daniel 6:10

Although Daniel knew that the document had been signed, he continued to go to his house, which had windows in its upper room open toward Jerusalem, and to get down on his knees three times a day to pray to his God and praise him, just as he had done previously.