2 Thessalonians 3:5
And the Lord direct your hearts into the love (o. agape) of God, and into the patient waiting for Christ.
Updated King James Version
In The King James Version
And the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God, and into the patient waiting for Christ.
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Cross References
Deuteronomy 30:6And the LORD your God will circumcise yours heart, and the heart of your seed, to love the LORD your God with all yours heart, and with all your soul, that you may live.
1 Chronicles 29:18O LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, our fathers, keep this for ever in the imagination of the thoughts of the heart of your people, and prepare their heart unto you:
Psalms 119:5O that my ways were directed to keep your statutes!
Psalms 130:5I wait for the LORD, my soul does wait, and in his word do I hope.
Jeremiah 10:23O LORD, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walks to direct his steps.
Lamentations 3:26It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait 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 →