1 Thessalonians 3:12
and as for you, may the Lord teach you to love one another and all men, with a growing and a glowing love, resembling our love for you.
Weymouth NT (1912)
In The King James Version
In Context
11But may our God and Father Himself--and our Lord Jesus--guide us on our way to you;
Cross References
Matthew 7:12Everything, therefore, be it what it may, that you would have men do to you, do you also the same to them; for in this the Law and the Prophets are summed up.
Luke 17:5And the Apostles said to the Lord, "Give us faith."
1 Corinthians 13:1If I can speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but am destitute of Love, I have but become a loud-sounding trumpet or a clanging cymbal.
Galatians 5:6For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision is of any importance; but only faith working through love.
Galatians 5:22The Spirit, on the other hand, brings a harvest of love, joy, peace; patience towards others, kindness, benevolence;
1 Thessalonians 2:8Seeing that we were thus drawn affectionately towards you, it would have been a joy to us to have imparted to you not only God's Good News, but to have given our very lives also, because you had become very dear to us.
Matthew Henry on 1 Thessalonians 3:12-13
Apostolic Prayer. ( a. d. 51.) 11 Now God himself and our Father, and our Lord Jesus Christ, direct our way unto you. 12 And the Lord make you to increase and abound in love one toward another, and toward all men, even as we do toward you: 13 To the end he may stablish your hearts unblameable in holiness before God, even our Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all his saints. In these words we have the earnest prayer of the apostle. He desired to be instrumental in the further benefit of the… Read the whole commentary →