1 Thessalonians 5:24

Plain English Version

Yes, God will make you properly clean inside. He picked you to be his people, and he always does what he promised to do.

Cross References

Psalm 40:10

I know that you always do what is right. I don’t keep it a secret inside of me. I tell everyone, “We can trust God. He saves us.” I don’t hide the true story from your people. I tell them, “God always loves us. We can always trust him.”

John 1:17

You know, God gave Moses the law a long time ago, so that our people could live God’s way, but Jesus Christ gave us God’s true message. He showed us that God loves us, even though we did nothing good for him.

John 3:33

But if anyone does believe what he says, they clearly show that God’s words are true.

Romans 8:30

So, after he picked us out, he called to us to come to him, and after we came to him, he said that we are all right now, and he will make us really great too.

1 Corinthians 1:9

God picked you to be friends of his son, our leader Jesus Christ. And you can trust God, he will keep you strong for Jesus.

1 Corinthians 10:13

Sometimes you will want to do bad things and you will find it hard to stop yourself, but remember that other people find it hard to stop themselves from doing bad things too. And remember this, God wants to help you. He will show you a way to stop yourself from going wrong, and he will help you to go the right way.

Galatians 1:15

But God was good to me, and he picked me to be his worker even before I was born.

1 Thessalonians 2:12

We taught you, and we helped you to be brave and strong. And we told you very strongly to do things that make God happy. You see, God is the one that picked you to be in his own family, and you will be really great with him.

2 Thessalonians 3:3

But Jesus, our leader, is always good to us, and he always does what he promised to do. He will help you to keep on trusting him strongly. He will keep you safe from that really bad one, the boss over the bad spirits, so that he can’t touch you.

2 Timothy 1:9

It is God that saved us, and he picked us to be his own specially good people. We didn’t do anything to get him to like us, but he was good to us anyway. He sent Jesus Christ to come and save us. God planned all that a long time ago, even before time started,

2 Timothy 2:13

But if we break our promise to him, that is different. He is not like us. He can never break his promise to us. He will always do what is right. That’s the sort of person he is.”

Titus 1:2

A long time ago, before God made anything, he promised that his people will live with him for ever. And God doesn’t lie. His promise is still true, and it stops his people from worrying about what will happen after they die.

1 Peter 5:10

But trouble doesn’t last for ever. After you have trouble for a short time, God will be good to you. He will make everything right for you and make you properly strong for him. He picked you to join you up with Jesus Christ. He did that so that, in the end, you will be very great with Jesus for ever.

2 Peter 1:3

You know, God is really powerful. He is very great, and very good too. He picked us out to be his own people, so we can get to know him properly. And he gives us everything we need to live the right way.