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2 Thessalonians 2:17

ComfortStrength and help in weaknessHope

15 Therefore, brothers, stand firm and cling to the traditions we taught you, whether by speech or by letter.

16 Now may our Lord Jesus Christ Himself and God our Father, who by grace has loved us and given us eternal comfort and good hope,

encourage your hearts and strengthen you in every good word and deed.
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BSB
encourage your hearts and strengthen you in every good word and deed.
KJV
Comfort your hearts, and stablish you in every good word and work.
WEB
comfort your hearts and establish you in every good work and word.
ASV
comfort your hearts and establish them in every good work and word.
DARBY
encourage your hearts, and establish you in every good work and word.
BLB
may He comfort your⁺ hearts, and may He strengthen [you] in every good work and word.
ÅB
han trøste deres hjerter og styrke dere i all god gjerning og tale!
OTB
oppmuntre og styrke deres hjerter i hver god gjerning og ord.
B1930
han trøste eders hjerter og styrke eder i all god gjerning og tale!

Study notes (Tyndale)

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  • 2 Thessalonians 3:3

    But the Lord is faithful, and He will strengthen you and guard you from the evil one.

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  • 1 Thessalonians 3:13

    so that He may establish your hearts in blamelessness and holiness before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all His saints. Amen.

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  • 1 Thessalonians 3:2

    We sent Timothy, our brother and fellow worker for God in the gospel of Christ, to strengthen and encourage you in your faith,

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  • Jude 1:24

    Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you unblemished in His glorious presence, with great joy—

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  • Colossians 2:7

    rooted and built up in Him, established in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness.

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  • Hebrews 13:9

    Do not be carried away by all kinds of strange teachings, for it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace and not by foods of no value to those devoted to them.

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  • 1 Corinthians 1:8

    He will sustain you to the end, so that you will be blameless on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.

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  • Romans 15:13

    Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you believe in Him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.

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