2 Thessalonians 3:4

Yes, and the confidence that our union with the Lord enables us to place in you leads us to believe that you are doing, and will do, what we direct you.

Twentieth Century New Testament

In The King James Version

And we have confidence in the Lord touching you, that ye both do and will do the things which we command you.

In Context

3But the Lord will not fail you; he will give you strength, and guard you from Evil.

5May the Lord bring you to the love of God, and to the patience of the Christ.

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Cross References

Matthew 28:20and teaching them to lay to heart all the commands that I have given you; and, remember, I myself am with you every day until the close of the age.”

Romans 15:14I am persuaded, my Brothers — yes, I Paul, with regard to you — that you are yourselves full of kindness, furnished with all Christian learning, and well able to give advice to one another.

1 Corinthians 7:19Circumcision is nothing; the want of it is nothing; but to keep the commands of God is everything.

2 Corinthians 2:3So I wrote as I did, for fear that, if I had come, I should have been pained by those who ought to have made me glad; for I felt sure that it was true of you all that my joy was in every case yours also.

2 Corinthians 7:15And his affection for you is all the greater, as he remembers the deference that you all showed him, and recalls how you received him with anxious care.

Galatians 5:10I, through my union with the Lord, am persuaded that you will learn to think with me. But the man who is disturbing your minds will have to bear his punishment, whoever he may be.

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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