What Does 2 Thessalonians 1:10 Mean in the King James?
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 analysis reads the King James wording.
King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.
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.
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.
And all mine are thine, and thine are mine; and I am glorified in them.But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea.THE THREAD
And all mine are thine, and thine are mine; and I am glorified 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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