2 Thessalonians 3:5 KJV — MannaFest

2 Thessalonians 3:5

And the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God, and into the patient waiting for Christ.

KJV

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ASV

And the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God, and into the patience of Christ.

WEB

May the Lord direct your hearts into God’s love and Christ’s perseverance.

YLT

and the Lord direct your hearts to the love of God, and to the endurance of the Christ.

DBT

But the Lord direct your hearts into the love ofGod, and into the patience of the Christ.

About this book

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2 Thessalonians — A short follow-up clarifying eschatology. The day of the Lord has not come; the man of lawlessness must first be revealed.

Author: Paul, with Silvanus and Timothy (1:1)
Date: c. AD 51–52, from Corinth — months after 1 Thessalonians

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46 verses on the floor

Psalms 119:5
O that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes!
Romans 12:12
Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer;
Psalms 119:36
Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to covetousness.
James 1:3
Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience.
1 Chronicles 29:18
O Lord God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, our fathers, keep this for ever in the imagination of the thoughts of the heart of thy people, and prepare their heart unto thee:

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If God directs our love aright upon himself, the rest of the affections will thereby be rectified. That a patient waiting for Christ may be joined with this love of God. There is no true love of God without faith in Jesus Christ.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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;

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

Now the Lord - The Spirit, whose proper work this is. Direct - Lead you straight forward. Into the patience of Christ - Of which he set you a pattern.

John Wesley (NT Notes)· Explanatory Notes upon the Bible, 1765evangelical

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Two steps out along the cross-reference floor, votes-ranked — destinations reached by more than one path rise (the text's own hubs). Every stop is a page.

2TH 3:51JN 4:19 1JN 4:10
2TH 3:51JN 4:19 JHN 3:16
2TH 3:51JN 4:19 JHN 15:16
2TH 3:5DEU 30:6 JER 32:39
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
2TH 3:5DEU 30:6 EZE 36:26-27
2TH 3:5DEU 30:6 DEU 10:16
2TH 3:51JN 4:19 TIT 3:3-5
2TH 3:51JN 4:19 2CO 5:14-15

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