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2 Thessalonians 3:5 KJV
2 Thessalonians · chapter 3 · verse 5
And the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God, and into the patient waiting for Christ.2 Thessalonians 3:5 · King James Version
2 Thessalonians 3:5 in context
3But the Lord is faithful, who shall stablish you, and keep you from evil.
4And we have confidence in the Lord touching you, that ye both do and will do the things which we command you.
5And the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God, and into the patient waiting for Christ.
6Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye withdraw yourselves from every brother that walketh disorderly, and not after the tradition which he received of us.
7For yourselves know how ye ought to follow us: for we behaved not ourselves disorderly among you;
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Key words (Strong's)
- waitinghypomonēsteadfastness, constancy, endurance, in the NT the characteristic of a man who is not…G5281 →
- directkateuthynōto make straight, guide, direct, of the removal of the hindrances to coming to oneG2720 →
- heartskardiathe heart, that organ in the animal body which is the centre of the circulation of the…G2588 →
- ChristchristosChrist = " anointed" , Christ was [and is], anointedG5547 →
- Lordkyrioshe to whom a person or thing belongs, about which he has power of deciding master, lord…G2962 →
- loveagapēaffection, good will, love, benevolence, brotherly love, love feastsG26 →
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In these words observe, I. The apostle desires the prayers of his friends: Finally, brethren, pray for us, Th2 3:1. He always remembered them in his prayers, and would not have them forget him and his fellow-labourers, but bear them on their hearts at the throne of grace. Note, 1.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-5