2 Thessalonians 3:4

2 Thessalonians 3:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And we have confidence in the Lord touching you, that ye both do and will do the things which we command you.
• New International Version (NIV)We have confidence in the Lord that you are doing and will continue to do the things we command.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And we have confidence in the Lord about you, that you are doing and will do the things that we command.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And we have confidence in the Lord concerning you, both that you do and will do the things we command you.

Context of 2 Thessalonians 3:4

2and that we may be delivered from bad and evil men, for faith [is] not [the portion] of all. 3But the Lord is faithful, who shall establish you and keep [you] from evil. But we trust in the Lord as to you, that the things which we enjoin, ye both do and will do. 5But the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God, and into the patience of the Christ. 6Now we enjoin you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye withdraw from every brother walking disorderly and not according to the instruction which he received from us.

2 Thessalonians 3:4 word by word

πεποίθαμεν δὲ ἐν κυρίῳ ἐφ᾽ ὑμᾶς ὅτι ἃ παραγγέλλομεν καὶ ποιεῖτε καὶ ποιήσετε.Read the interlinear

• trustπείθωpeithō · to persuadeG3982
• Lordκύριοςkurios · lord: GodG2962
• thingsὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739

Cross-references for 2 Thessalonians 3:4

• Romans 15:14But I am persuaded, my brethren, I myself also, concerning you, that yourselves also are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, able also to admonish one another.
• 2 Corinthians 2:3And I have written this very [letter] [to you], that coming I may not have grief from those from whom I ought to have joy; trusting in you all that my joy is [that] of you all.
• 2 Corinthians 7:16I rejoice that in everything I am confident as to you.
• 2 Corinthians 8:22And we have sent with them our brother whom we have often proved to be of diligent zeal in many things, and now more diligently zealous through the great confidence [he has] as to you.
• Galatians 5:10I have confidence as to you in [the] Lord, that ye will have no other mind; and he that is troubling you shall bear the guilt [of it], whosoever he may be.
• Philippians 1:6having confidence of this very thing, that he who has begun in you a good work will complete it unto Jesus Christ's day:
• Philemon 1:21Being confident of thine obedience, I have written to thee, knowing that thou wilt do even more than I say.
• 2 Thessalonians 3:6Now we enjoin you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye withdraw from every brother walking disorderly and not according to the instruction which he received from us.
• Matthew 28:20teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have enjoined you. And behold, I am with you all the days, until the completion of the age.
• Romans 2:7to them who, in patient continuance of good works, seek for glory and honour and incorruptibility, life eternal.
• Romans 15:18For I will not dare to speak anything of the things which Christ has not wrought by me, for [the] obedience of [the] nations, by word and deed,
• 1 Corinthians 7:19Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing; but keeping God's commandments.
• 1 Corinthians 14:37If any one thinks himself to be a prophet or spiritual, let him recognise the things that I write to you, that it is [the] Lord's commandment.
• 2 Corinthians 2:9For to this end also I have written, that I might know, by putting you to the test, if as to everything ye are obedient.
• 2 Corinthians 7:15and his affections are more abundantly towards you, calling to mind the obedience of you all, how with fear and trembling ye received him.
• Philippians 2:12So that, my beloved, even as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much rather in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling,

Commentaries on 2 Thessalonians 3:4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4And we have confidence - We have no doubt of God's kindness towards you; he loves you, and will support you: and we can confide in you, that ye are now acting as we have desired you, and will continue so to do.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4And we have confidence in the Lord - Not primarily in you, for you have hearts like others, but in the Lord. It is remarkable that when Paul expresses the utmost confidence in Christians that they will live and act as becomes their profession, his reliance is not on anything in themselves, but wholly on the faithfulness of God. He must be a stranger to the human heart who puts much confidence in it even in its best state; see Philemon 1:6; Philemon 4:7; 2…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-5Before discussing the final topic of the letter (3:6–15), Paul asks for prayers (3:1–2). He assures the Thessalonians of God's help during difficult times (3:3–5).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 44. we have confidence in the Lord--as "faithful" (2Th 3:3). Have confidence in no man when left to himself [Bengel]. that ye both do--Some of the oldest manuscripts insert a clause, "that ye both have done" before, "and are doing, and will do." He means the majority by "ye," not all of them (compare 2Th 3:11; 2Th 1:3; 1Th 3:6).Read the comment

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Commentaries on 2 Thessalonians 3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings