2 Thessalonians 3:5

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

Douay-Rheims 1899

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 concerning you in the Lord, that the things which we command, you both do, and will do.

6And we charge you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you withdraw yourselves from every brother walking disorderly, and not according to the tradition which they have received of us.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 30:6The Lord thy God will circumcise thy heart, and the heart of thy seed: that then mayst love the Lord thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul, that thou mayst live.

1 Chronicles 29:18O Lord God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Israel our fathers, keep for ever this will of their heart, and let this mind remain always for the worship of thee.

Psalms 130:5let them all be confounded and turned back that hate Sion.

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

Lamentations 3:26Teth. It is good to wait with 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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