“Knowing, brethren beloued, your election of God.”
1611 King James Version (KJV)
Knowing, brethren beloved, your election of God.
- King James Version
knowing, brethren beloved by God, {His} choice of you;
- New American Standard Version (1995)
knowing, brethren beloved of God, your election,
- American Standard Version (1901)
Being conscious, my brothers, dear to God, that you have been marked out by God's purpose;
- Basic English Bible
knowing, brethren beloved by God, your election.
- Darby Bible
Knowing, brethren beloved by God, your election.
- Webster's Bible
knowing as we do, brethren, that you are beloved by God and that He has chosen you.
- Weymouth Bible
We know, brothers loved by God, that you are chosen,
- World English Bible
Ye louyde britheren of God, we witinge youre chesing;
- Wycliffe Bible
having known, brethren beloved, by God, your election,
- Youngs Literal Bible
Wesley's Notes for 1 Thessalonians 1:4
1:4 Knowing your election - Which is through faith, by these plain proofs.
People's Bible Notes for 1 Thessalonians 1:4
1Th 1:4 Knowing . . . your election of God. That you are of the elect, the "chosen nation" (Ps 33:12 1Pe 2:9). All Christians were the elect, and the expression is another way of saying, "Knowing that you have become Christians".