2 Thessalonians 3:5

And may the Lord direct your hearts, in the charity of God and with the patience of Christ.

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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 confidence about you in the Lord, that you are doing, and will continue to do, just as we have instructed.

6But we strongly caution you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to draw yourselves away from every brother who is walking in disorder and not according to the tradition that they received from us.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 30:6The Lord your God will circumcise your heart, and the heart of your offspring, so that you may love the Lord your God with your entire heart and with your entire soul, so that you may be able to live.

1 Chronicles 29:18O Lord, the God of our fathers Abraham and Isaac and Israel, preserve unto eternity this desire of their heart, and let this purpose remain forever, for the worship of you.

Psalms 119:5Woe to me, for my sojourning has been prolonged. I have lived with the inhabitants of Kedar.

Jeremiah 10:23I know, O Lord, that the way of man is not his own. Neither is it given to man to walk and to direct his own steps.

Lamentations 3:26TETH. It is good to stand ready in silence for the salvation of God.

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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