2 Thessalonians 3:5

And the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God, and into the patient waiting for 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 in the Lord concerning you, that ye both do and will do the things which we command you.

6Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye withdraw yourselves from every brother that walketh disorderly, and not after the tradition which he received from us.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 30:6And the LORD thy God will circumcise thy heart, and the heart of thy seed, to love the LORD thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, that thou mayest 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 thy people, and prepare their heart to thee:

Psalms 119:5O that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes!

Psalms 130:5I wait for the LORD, my soul doth 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 walketh 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 →

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