Matthew Poole and continuators on 1 Thessalonians 2:12

12 That ye would walk worthy of God , who hath called you unto his kingdom and glory .

That is suitably to the nature of that God who is the true and living God. That you may walk like a people who belong to such a God, and express the vertues of this God in your conversation, 1 Pet. 2.9. or, suitably to the great mercy, and glorious priviledges you have received from him, which he mentions in the following words.

In the Greek Text the word charged mentioned in the former verse, begins this verse [non-Latin text not transcribed], it signifies testifying, some read it, we obtested, which is as much as beseeching, others contested, which is a severe charge, containing a threatning, as Exod. 19.21. Charge the people, saith God to Moses in the Margin, contest the people, or wish the people. It is a charge here which the Apostle gives solemnly in the Name of God to them, calling in the witness of God to it.

Or, Who is calling you; Then by Gods Kingdom and Glory we must understand the future state of Heaven: Though they were not yet possest of it, yet by the Gospel God had called them to it, as Phil. 3.14. 1 Pet. 5.10. Or, Who hath called you, as we read it, then he means their present state since they believed and obeyed the Call of the Gospel, they were brought thereby into Gods Kingdom and Glory. Or, His Glorious Kingdom, wherein the Glory of God, especially the Glory of his Grace, Mercy, Love, and Wisdom eminently shine forth. Hereupon a Christians Calling is termed an High Calling, Phil. 3.14. an Heavenly Calling, Heb. 3.1. And they being called by God out of Satans Kingdom into this Glorious Kingdom; the Apostle chargeth them to walk worthy of God and this Calling, by having a Conversation sutable thereunto, Eph. 4.1. Col. 1.10. To walk according to the Laws of this Glorious Kingdom they were already brought into, and suitably to the Glory of Heaven that they were called to the hope of.

Marginal references: Phil. 1.27.; Or, calling [illegible: 1 word].