2 Thessalonians 3:5
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.
And the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God, and into the patient waiting for Christ.
6 Now 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 of us.
7 For yourselves know how ye ought to follow us: for we behaved not ourselves disorderly among you;
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- May the Lord direct your hearts into God’s love and Christ’s perseverance.
- KJV
- And the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God, and into the patient waiting for Christ.
- WEB
- May the Lord direct your hearts into God’s love and into the perseverance of Christ.
- ASV
- And the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God, and into the patience of Christ.
- DARBY
- But the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God, and into the patience of the Christ.
- BLB
- And may the Lord direct your⁺ hearts into the love of God and into the perseverance of Christ.
- ÅB
- Og Herren styre deres hjerter til å elske Gud og til å vente på Kristus med tålmodighet!
- OTB
- Må Herren lede deres hjerter mot Guds kjærlighet og Kristi utholdenhet.
- B1930
- Og Herren styre eders hjerter til å elske Gud og til å vente på Kristus med tålmodighet!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 119:36
Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to covetousness.
Read in context1 Chronicles 29:18
O 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 unto thee:
Read in contextDeuteronomy 30:6
And the LORD thy God will circumcise thine heart, and the heart of thy seed, to love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, that thou mayest live.
Read in context1 John 4:19
We love him, because he first loved us.
Read in contextHebrews 12:2–3
Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.
Read in context1 Corinthians 8:3
But if any man love God, the same is known of him.
Read in contextRevelation 3:10–11
Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.
Read in contextJames 1:16–18
Do not err, my beloved brethren.
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