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Verse 5. _THE LORD DIRECT YOUR HEARTS INTO THE LOVE OF GOD_] The love
of God is the grand motive and principle of obedience; this must
occupy your hearts: the heart is irregular in all its workings; G...
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AND THE LORD DIRECT YOUR HEARTS INTO THE LOVE OF GOD - So direct your
hearts that you may love God. “And into the patient waiting for
Christ.” Margin, “patience of Christ.” The marginal reading is
in...
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III. THANKSGIVING, PRAYER,
EXHORTATIONS AND CONCLUSIONS
Chapter S 2:13-3:18
_ 1. Thanksgiving and prayer (2 Thessalonians 2:13)_
2. Prayer for the Word and for deliverance (2 Thessalonians 3:1)
3....
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2 THESSALONIANS 3. FINAL COUNSELS AND EXHORTATIONS. The apostle (_a)_
asks for the prayers of the Thessalonian Christians on his own behalf
(2 Thessalonians 3:1); (_b_) warns them against dis orderly...
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2 THESSALONIANS 3. FINAL COUNSELS AND EXHORTATIONS. The apostle (_a)_
asks for the prayers of the Thessalonian Christians on his own behalf
(2 Thessalonians 3:1); (_b_) warns them against dis orderly...
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A FINAL WORD (2 Thessalonians 3:1-5)...
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Finally, brothers, keep on praying for us, that the word of God may
run its race and receive its crown of glory--as it does in your
case--and that we may be saved from these wicked and evil men, for t...
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DIRECT. Greek. _kateuthuno._ See 1 Thessalonians 3:11.
LOVE. App-135.
GOD. App-98.
PATIENT WAITING. patience, as 2 Thessalonians 1:4.
FOR CHRIST. of Christ (App-98. IX)....
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_And_(or _But) the Lord direct your hearts_ "The Lord" is still
Christ: see note, 2 Thessalonians 3:3.
"May He _direct_(or _guide_) you _as Lord_of His people, Shepherd of
the sheep" (John 10). The Ap...
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Section IV. Words of Comfort and Prayer
Ch. 2 Thessalonians 2:13 to 2 Thessalonians 3:5
Passing from the last Section, we breathe a sigh of relief, and
gladly join in thanksgiving for those who will...
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§ 4. 2 Thessalonians 2:13 TO 2 Thessalonians 3:5. WORDS OF COMFORT
AND PRAYER
_Solatium post prœdictionem rerum tristium_ (Bengel). Turning from
the awful apparition of Antichrist, the writers with a...
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ΤΗΝ before ΥΠΟΜΟΝΗΝ in all uncials; omitted in a few minn.
5. Ὁ ΔῈ ΚΎΡΙΟΣ ΚΑΤΕΥΘΎΝΑΙ ὙΜΩ͂Ν ΤᾺΣ
ΚΑΡΔΊΑΣ ΕἸΣ ΤῊΝ�. _But may the Lord direct your
hearts into the love of God and into the patience of Chri...
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ΚΑΤΕΥΘΎΝΑΙ _praes._ opt. _act. от_ ΚΑΤΕ-ΥΘΎΝΩ
(G2727) выпрямлять, направлять (_см._ 1
Thessalonians 3:11)....
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DISCOURSE: 2218
ST. PAUL’S BENEVOLENCE
2 Thessalonians 3:5. _The Lord direct your hearts into the love of
God, and into the patient waiting for Christ_.
IT might well be expected that the fundamental...
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INTO THE PATIENT WAITING FOR CHRIST.— The original,
'Υπομονην του Χριστου, may be rendered _the patience
of Christ,_ and may signify either _Christian patience,_ or that
patience with which Christ him...
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TEXT (2 Thessalonians 3:5)
5 AND THE LORD DIRECT YOUR HEARTS INTO THE LOVE OF GOD, AND INTO THE
PATIENCE OF CHRIST.
Translation and Paraphrase
5.
(We desire not merely that you perform those things...
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And the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God, and into the
patient waiting for Christ.
AND, [ De (G1161)] - 'But.' While I am confident touching you, yet
may the Lord direct your hearts. If...
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EXHORTATIONS, REBUKES, AND BENEDICTION
2. Unreasonable] almost 'outrageous.' FAITH] better, 'the Faith.'...
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PATIENT WAITING FOR] better, 'the patience of.'...
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THE *LORD HAS NOT COME YET
2 THE THESSALONIANS
_IAN MACKERVOY_
CHAPTER 3
A REQUEST FOR PRAYER 3:1-2
V1 For the rest, *brothers and *sisters, please pray for us. Ask the
*Lord that he will use us...
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THE LORD. — See Note on 2 Thessalonians 3:3. The Person of the
Blessed Trinity to whom this guidance immediately belongs is the Holy
Ghost. So far, the Greek expositors are right who are agreed to
con...
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CHAPTER 22
MUTUAL INTERCESSION
2 Thessalonians 3:1 (R.V.)
THE main part of this letter is now finished. The Apostle has
completed his teaching about the Second Advent, and the events which
precede...
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κατευθύναι, κ. τ. λ. Paul no longer (I., 1 Thessalonians
3:11) entertains the hope of revisiting them soon. “God's love and
Christ's patient endurance” (_i.e._, the ὑπομονή which
Christ inspires and r...
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HELD FIRM AND GUARDED FROM EVIL
2 Thessalonians 2:13; 2 Thessalonians 3:1
This closing section is full of comfort and inspiration. Believers in
Christ are the beloved of God; their salvation dates fr...
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In conclusion the apostle urged them to pray for him that the
preaching of the Word in other places might be with power and victory.
He affirmed his confidence in them, and expressed his desire for th...
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PAUL'S CONFIDENCE IN THE THESSALONIANS
In contrast to some men who could not be trusted, Paul said God is
completely trustworthy. Those placing their trust in God will be made
firm by Him so that they...
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Or, according to the Greek, may the Lord direct and carry your hearts
to the love of God, and to the expectation of Jesus Christ....
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(1) В¶ 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...
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The second epistle takes up another difficulty. It was written in view
of another abuse of the truth of the Lord's coming a danger that
threatened the saints. As the first epistle was intended to guar...
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_UNFATHOMABLE LOVE_
‘The Lord direct your hearts into the love of God.’
2 Thessalonians 3:5
Sin is sin, because ‘God is love,’ and the degree of the love is
the measure of the sin. He who never kne...
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_PATIENT WAITING_
‘And the Lord direct your hearts … into the patient waiting for
Christ.’
2 Thessalonians 3:5
There is no precipitance with God. St. Paul prays for the
Thessalonians, ‘The Lord dir...
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As, however, he states here in a summary manner the things that he
knew to be most necessary for Christians, let every one make it his
endeavor to make proficiency in these two things, in so far as he...
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There is nothing very particular in the apostle's exhortations. His
great concern was the explanation which we have been considering. He
prays that God and the Lord Jesus Himself, who had given them t...
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AND THE LORD DIRECT YOUR HEARTS INTO THE LOVE OF GOD,.... By which may
be meant either the love with which God is loved. This is the sum and
substance of the first and chief commandment in the law, an...
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And the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God, and into the
patient waiting for Christ.
Ver. 5. _And the Lord direct_] Or rectify your crooked hearts and
distorted affections, that stand acros...
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_And the Lord_ By his Holy Spirit, whose proper work this is; _direct_
Powerfully incline; _your hearts unto the love of God_ That is, into
the exercise of love to God, in return for his love to you;...
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AND THE LORD DIRECT YOUR HEARTS INTO THE LOVE OF GOD AND INTO THE
PATIENT WAITING FOR CHRIST.
The points of doctrine concerning which the apostle had felt
uneasiness with regard to the Thessalonian Ch...
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CONCLUDING EXHORTATIONS AND GREETING. 2 Thessalonians 3:1
The apostle asks his readers to intercede for him with the faithful
Lord:...
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As in the first epistle, so the apostle again asks for their prayers:
first for the positive blessing of the Word of God which thy
proclaimed that it might have free course to go forward and be
glorif...
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THE PATIENT WAITING FOR CHRIST:
Or, the patience of Christ...
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“AND THE LORD DIRECT YOUR HEARTS INTO THE LOVE OF GOD, AND INTO THE
PATIENCE OF CHRIST”
“The Lord direct your hearts into the love of God”: Stott notes,
“Paul's prayer is that the Lord will lead the...
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1-5 Those who are far apart still may meet together at the throne of
grace; and those not able to do or receive any other kindness, may in
this way do and receive real and very great kindness. Enemie...
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OLBHeb;
Here the apostle prays for them again, as he had done a little before,
2 THESSALONIANS 2:17; and as this shows how much they were in his
heart, so the frequent mingling of prayers with his ex...
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And the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God, and into the
patience of Christ. [From expressions of confidence in God, Paul
easily passes to prayer to him, that the Thessalonians may be led to...
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2 Thessalonians 3:5 Now G1161 Lord G2962 direct G2720 (G5659) your
G5216 hearts G2588 into G1519 love G26
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‘And the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God and into the
patient endurance of Christ.'
Once again he prays that their lives may be filled with love resulting
from God's activity within them,...
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2 Thessalonians 3:5. MAY THE LORD DIRECT, _i.e._ may Christ, who is
faithful (2 Thessalonians 3:3), direct.
INTO THE LOVE OF GOD. To love God is to have in the heart the root of
all activity and end...
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_Paul requests their Prayers, and exhorts them to Stedfastness_
In view of the opposition of spiteful and unbelieving men, Paul
requests the Thessalonians to pray for him that he may be enabled to
con...
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DIRECT
(κατευθυνα). First aorist active optative of wish for the
future as in 2 Thessalonians 2:17; 1 Thessalonians 5:23 from
κατευθυνω, old verb, as in 1 Thessalonians 3:11 (ther...
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2 Thessalonians 2:13 ; 2 THESSALONIANS 3:5
I. The salvation to which the Thessalonians are described as chosen of
God is regarded chiefly in the aspect of a present possession, and it
is "in (not thro...
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2 Thessalonians 3:1. _Finally, brethren, pray for us,_
«Pray for us,» says the apostle, «pray for myself and the brethren
who are with me, pray for all the apostles and preachers of the
Word.» «Final...
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2 Thessalonians 3:1. _Finally, brethren, pray for us, that the word of
the Lord may have free course, and be glorified, even as it is with
you:_
A most important request. What can the ministers of th...
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CONTENTS: Paul's encouragements and exhortations to the Thessalonians.
CHARACTERS: Christ, Paul.
CONCLUSION: It is required of those who have professed Christianity,
that they live according to the p...
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2 Thessalonians 3:1. _Finally, brethren, pray for us._ This request is
of constant occurrence. Ephesians 6:18. Paul often ascribes his
preservation to the prayers of the saints. He solicits prayer tha...
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THAT IS GIVEN BY CHRIST. Endurance and boldness grow out of our sense
of God's love, which Christ teaches us. Compare 1 John 4:18....
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2 THESSALONIANS—NOTE ON 2 THESSALONIANS 3:5 THE STEADFASTNESS OF
CHRIST. Either Christ’s endurance as a model for Christians or the
perseverance Christ gives to believers....
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2 THESSALONIANS—NOTE ON 2 THESSALONIANS 3:1 Transition. Paul
requests prayer for his work, reassures them of God’s faithfulness,
and closes by praying for them....
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_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_
2 Thessalonians 3:5. DIRECT YOUR HEARTS.—The same word for
“direct” again occurs only in 1 Thessalonians 3:11 and Luke 1:79.
A similar phrase in the LXX. of...
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EXPOSITION
CONTENTS.—The apostle now comes to the conclusion of his Epistle. He
beseeches the Thessalonians for an interest in their prayers, that the
gospel may be rapidly diffused and glorified by n...
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Finally, brethren, pray for us (2 Thessalonians 3:1),
Now again Paul is calling for prayer for him. I think that maybe
sometimes we are guilty of not praying for those in spiritual
leadership feeling...
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1 Chronicles 29:18; 1 Corinthians 8:3; 1 John 4:19; 1 Kings 8:58;...
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Hearts [κ α ρ δ ι α ς]. See on Romans 1:21; Romans 10:10;
Ephesians 1:18.
Patient waiting for Christ [υ π ο μ ο ν η ν τ ο υ χ ρ ι
σ τ ο υ]. Rather patience of Christ. The prayer is that their
hearts m...
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Now the Lord — The Spirit, whose proper work this is. Direct —
Lead you straight forward. Into the patience of Christ — Of which he
set you a pattern....
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As if he had said, "That we may not be mistaken in this our
confidence, we pray that the LORD WILL DIRECT YOUR HEARTS INTO THE
LOVE OF GOD, which will constrain you to this obedience."
Where note, Th...