2 Thessalonians 3:5

And may your hearts be guided by the Lord into the love of God and quiet waiting for Christ.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

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

In Context

4And we have faith in the Lord about you, that you are doing and will do the things about which we give you orders.

6Now we give you orders, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to keep away from all those whose behaviour is not well ordered and in harmony with the teaching which they had from us.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 30:6And the Lord your God will give to you and to your seed a circumcision of the heart, so that, loving him with all your heart and all your soul, you may have life.

1 Chronicles 29:18O Lord, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Israel, our fathers, keep this for ever in the deepest thoughts of your people, and let their hearts be fixed and true to you;

Psalms 119:5If only my ways were ordered so that I might keep your rules!

Psalms 130:5I am waiting for the Lord, my soul is waiting for him, and my hope is in his word.

Jeremiah 10:23O Lord, I am conscious that a man's way is not in himself: man has no power of guiding his steps.

Lamentations 3:26It is good to go on hoping and quietly waiting for the salvation of the Lord.

Matthew Henry on 2 Thessalonians 3:2-6

The Apostle's Pious Request. ( a. d. 52.) 1 Finally, brethren, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may have free course, and be glorified, even as it is with you: 2 And that we may be delivered from unreasonable and wicked men: for all men have not faith. 3 But the Lord is faithful, who shall stablish you, and keep you from evil. 4 And we have confidence in the Lord touching you, that ye both do and will do the things which we command you. 5 And the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God, and into the… Read the whole commentary →

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