What Does 2 Thessalonians 1:10 Mean?
When he comes to be given weight in his set-apart ones, and to be gazed upon in all who trust, in that day, for our testimony among you was trusted.
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King James wording
King James Version
When he shall come to be glorified in his saints, and to be admired in all them that believe (because our testimony among you was believed) in that day.THE KEY
The Lord’s weight becomes visible in the people set apart to him, so they are more than spectators of his glory.
THE MEANING
When the Lord comes, his weight is seen in those who belong to him, and he is marveled at among all who trust him. That trust takes hold because the testimony has reached them and been believed.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
This undoes the belief that the Lord’s glory is only an outward display witnessed from a distance; the verse says it is also made visible in his people.
THE ROOT
δοξασθῆναι
doxasthēnai
GROWS FROM
δόξα
doxa
Weight, regard, honor; the quality made visible when someone is glorified.
“given weight” in this verse is doxasthēnai. The verb translated “glorified” comes from δόξα (doxa), also translated “glory.” The phrase “in his saints” places the people set apart to him where his weight is seen.
ALSO GROWS
doxa: Weight, glory, honor.
δόξα
The noun behind “glorified” shows that his honor is not merely announced; it becomes perceptible.
endoxos: Held in honor, glorious.
ἔνδοξος
This related word carries doxa into the idea of being regarded with honor, echoing the verse’s public recognition of him.
ἁγίοις
hagiois
GROWS FROM
ἁγι-
hagi-
Set apart, belonging to what is sacred.
“Saints” names people as the set-apart ones. The verse places the Lord’s visible honor within those marked by belonging to him, rather than describing them only as an audience watching from outside.
ALSO GROWS
hagiasmos: Setting apart, consecration.
ἁγιασμός
This related word expresses the state or process of being set apart, clarifying the identity of the people in whom he is glorified.
hagiōsynē: Set-apartness, holiness.
ἁγιωσύνη
This branch names the quality associated with the saints, linking their distinctness to the place where his honor is seen.
πιστεύουσιν
pisteuousin
GROWS FROM
πιστ-
pist-
Trust; leaning one’s full weight on what is received.
The verse connects wonder at the Lord with trust in the testimony about him. “Believe” here is not mere agreement with a report; it carries the sense of entrusting oneself to it.
ALSO GROWS
pistis: Trust, leaning one’s full weight on what is trusted.
πίστις
This noun names the trust expressed by those who receive the testimony.
pistos: Firm, steady; trustworthy.
πιστός
This related word shows the family’s connection between trusting and what can be relied upon.
THE PATTERN
The Lord’s glory becomes recognizable through those who receive and reflect it.
All that is mine is yours, and all that is yours is mine; and I am clothed in weight in them.But we all, with uncovered faces, mirror the weight of the LORD, and are being reshaped into the same image, ever increasing in weight, even as from the breath of the LORD.For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the weight of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea.THE THREAD
All that is mine is yours, and all that is yours is mine; and I am clothed in weight in them.John 17:10 uses the same Greek verb for “glorified” and the same phrase, “in them.” It makes the claim here concrete: the people who belong to him are where his honor becomes visible.
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