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2 Thessalonians 3:5
2 Thessalonians 3:5 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God, and into the patient waiting for Christ.
- New International Version (NIV)May the Lord direct your hearts into God’s love and Christ’s perseverance.
- English Standard Version (ESV)May the Lord direct your hearts to the love of God and to the steadfastness of Christ.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Now may the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God and into the patience of Christ.
Context of 2 Thessalonians 3:5
3But the Lord is faithful, who shall establish you and keep [you] from evil. 4But we trust in the Lord as to you, that the things which we enjoin, ye both do and will do. But 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. 7For ye know yourselves how ye ought to imitate us, because we have not walked disorderly among you;
Read all of 2 Thessalonians 32 Thessalonians 3:5 word by word
ὁ δὲ κύριος κατευθύναι ὑμῶν τὰς καρδίας εἰς τὴν ἀγάπην τοῦ θεοῦ καὶ εἰς τὴν ὑπομονὴν τοῦ Χριστοῦ.¶Read the interlinear
Cross-references for 2 Thessalonians 3:5
- 1 Kings 8:58that he may incline our hearts to him, to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments and his statutes and his ordinances, which he commanded our fathers.
- 1 Chronicles 29:18Jehovah, God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Israel, our fathers, keep this for ever in the imagination of the thoughts of the heart of thy people, and direct their hearts to thee!
- Psalms 119:5Oh that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes!
- Proverbs 3:6in all thy ways acknowledge him, and he will make plain thy paths.
- Jeremiah 10:23I know, Jehovah, that the way of man is not his own; it is not in a man that walketh to direct his steps.
- James 1:16Do not err, my beloved brethren.
- Deuteronomy 30:6And Jehovah thy God will circumcise thy heart, and the heart of thy seed, to love Jehovah thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul, that thou mayest live.
- Jeremiah 31:33For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel, after those days, saith Jehovah: I will put my law in their inward parts, and will write it in their heart; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
- Romans 5:5and hope does not make ashamed, because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by [the] Holy Spirit which has been given to us:
- Romans 8:28But we do know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to purpose.
- 1 Corinthians 8:3But if any one love God, he is known of him):
- Galatians 5:22But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, fidelity,
- James 2:5Hear, my beloved brethren: Has not God chosen the poor as to the world, rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom, which he has promised to them that love him?
- 1 John 4:19We love because he has first loved us.
- Psalms 40:1I waited patiently for Jehovah; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry.
- Psalms 130:5I wait for Jehovah; my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope.
Commentaries on 2 Thessalonians 3:5
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5The Lord direct your hearts into the love of God - The love of God is the grand motive and principle of obedience; this must occupy your hearts: the heart is irregular in all its workings; God alone, by his Spirit, can direct it into his love, and keep it right; , give a proper direction to all its passions, and keep them in order, regularity and purity. The patience of Christ - Such patience, under all your sufferings and persecutions, as Christ…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5And the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God - So direct your hearts that you may love God. “And into the patient waiting for Christ.” Margin, “patience of Christ.” The marginal reading is in accordance with the Greek, and seems best to express the apostle‘s meaning. The prayer of the apostle was, that they might have the love of God in their hearts, and “the patience of Christ;” that is, the same patience which Christ evinced in his trials. They…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5The prayer for God to direct (literally make straight) their hearts comes from an Old Testament expression (1 Chronicles 29:18; Proverbs 23:19). Christians should love like God and show patience like Christ.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. If "the Lord" be here the Holy Ghost (2Co 3:17), the three Persons of the Trinity will occur in this verse. love of God--love to God. patient waiting for Christ--rather as Greek, "the patience (endurance) of Christ," namely, which Christ showed [Alford] (2Th 2:4; 1Th 1:3). Estius, however, supports English Version (compare Re 1:9; 3:10). At all events, this grace, "patience," or persevering endurance, is connected with the "hope" (1Th 1:3, 10) of…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
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