Final Blessings and Instructions

1 Thessalonians 5:27

In 9 translations

BSB: I charge you before the Lord to have this letter read to all the brothers.
KJV: I charge you by the Lord that this epistle be read unto all the holy brethren.
WEB: I solemnly command you by the Lord that this letter be read to all the holy brothers.
ASV: I adjure you by the Lord that this epistle be read unto all the brethren.
LSV: I charge you [by] the LORD, that the letter be read to all the holy brothers.
YLT: I charge you [by] the Lord, that the letter be read to all the holy brethren;
DBY: I adjure you by the Lord that the letter be read to all the [holy] brethren.
DRC: I charge you by the Lord, that this epistle be read to all the holy brethren.
GNV: I charge you in the Lord, that this Epistle be read vnto all the brethren the Saintes.

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Where the editions differ

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NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read ἐνορκίζω (“I adjure”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read Ὁρκίζω (“I adjure”).
In STEPBible’s comparison, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text include ἁγίοις (“saints”); NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles do not include this wording.

SBLGNT apparatus (2)

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SBLGNT: ἐνορκίζω. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read ἐνορκίζω; Robinson–Pierpont read Ὁρκίζω.
SBLGNT: τοῖς. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read τοῖς; Robinson–Pierpont add ἁγίοις.

Edition differences: STEP Bible, based on work at Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0). Names and codes expanded; consecutive words grouped. Comparisons follow the editions used by the source; see version details.

Original-language editions

SBLGNT: ἐνορκίζω ὑμᾶς τὸν κύριον ἀναγνωσθῆναι τὴν ἐπιστολὴν πᾶσιν τοῖς ἀδελφοῖς.
RP2018: Ὁρκίζω ὑμᾶς τὸν κύριον, ἀναγνωσθῆναι τὴν ἐπιστολὴν πᾶσιν τοῖς ἁγίοις ἀδελφοῖς.
TR-Boyd: Ὁρκίζω ὑμᾶς τὸν Κύριον, ἀναγνωσθῆναι τὴν ἐπιστολὴν πᾶσι τοῖς ἁγίοις ἀδελφοῖς.
SCR1894: ορκιζω υμας τον κυριον αναγνωσθηναι την επιστολην πασιν τοις αγιοις αδελφοις

Who and where

👤 Jesus Christ

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In the reference works topics that cite this verse

Canon of the New Testament Adjuration Reading Charge; Chargeable Thessalonians, the Second Epistle of Paul to the Oaths Titles and Names of Saints Thessalonians, the First Epistle of Paul to the Word of God Righteous

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

Colossians 4:16After this letter has been read among you, make sure that it is also read in the church of the Laodiceans, and that you in turn read the letter from Laodicea.
2 Timothy 4:1I charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who will judge the living and the dead, and in view of His appearing and His kingdom:
1 Timothy 5:21I solemnly charge you before God and Christ Jesus and the elect angels to maintain these principles without bias, and to do nothing out of partiality.
Matthew 26:63But Jesus remained silent. Then the high priest said to Him, “I charge You under oath by the living God: Tell us if You are the Christ, the Son of God.”
Numbers 27:23and laid his hands on him and commissioned him, as the LORD had instructed through Moses.
2 Chronicles 18:15But the king said to him, “How many times must I make you swear not to tell me anything but the truth in the name of the LORD?”
Acts 19:13Now there were some itinerant Jewish exorcists who tried to invoke the name of the Lord Jesus over those with evil spirits. They would say, “I bind you by Jesus, whom Paul proclaims.”
1 Timothy 5:7Give these instructions to the believers, so that they will be above reproach.
1 Timothy 1:3As I urged you on my departure to Macedonia, you should stay on at Ephesus to instruct certain men not to teach false doctrines
1 Kings 22:16But the king said to him, “How many times must I make you swear not to tell me anything but the truth in the name of the LORD?”
Mark 5:7And he shouted in a loud voice, “What do You want with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg You before God not to torture me!”
2 Thessalonians 3:14Take note of anyone who does not obey the instructions we have given in this letter. Do not associate with him, so that he may be ashamed.
1 Thessalonians 2:11For you know that we treated each of you as a father treats his own children—
1 Timothy 6:17Instruct those who are rich in the present age not to be conceited and not to put their hope in the uncertainty of wealth, but in God, who richly provides all things for us to enjoy.
1 Timothy 6:13I charge you in the presence of God, who gives life to all things, and of Christ Jesus, who made the good confession in His testimony before Pontius Pilate:
1 Timothy 1:18Timothy, my child, I entrust you with this command in keeping with the previous prophecies about you, so that by them you may fight the good fight,

From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).