2 Thessalonians 3:5

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“May the Lord direct your hearts into God’s love and Christ’s perseverance.”

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BSBPD

“May the Lord direct your hearts into God’s love and Christ’s perseverance.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“And the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God, and into the patient waiting for Christ.”

King James Version · Public Domain
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“And the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God, and into the patience of Christ.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
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“and the Lord direct your hearts to the love of God, and to the endurance of the Christ.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo 2 Thessalonians 3:5 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Deuteronomy 30:6The LORD your God will circumcise your hearts and the hearts of your descendants, and you will love Him with all your heart and with all your soul, so that you may live.
  2. 1 Kings 8:58May He incline our hearts to Himself, to walk in all His ways and to keep the commandments and statutes and ordinances He commanded our fathers.
  3. 1 Chronicles 29:18O LORD, God of our fathers Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, keep this desire forever in the intentions of the hearts of Your people, and direct their hearts toward You.
  4. Psalms 40:1I waited patiently for the LORD; He inclined to me and heard my cry.
  5. Psalms 119:5Oh, that my ways were committed to keeping Your statutes!
  6. Psalms 119:36Turn my heart to Your testimonies and not to covetous gain.
  7. Psalms 130:5I wait for the LORD; my soul does wait, and in His word I put my hope.
  8. Proverbs 3:6in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight.
  9. Jeremiah 10:23I know, O LORD, that a man’s way is not his own; no one who walks directs his own steps.
  10. Jeremiah 31:33“But this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the LORD. I will put My law in their minds and inscribe it on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they will be My people.
  11. Lamentations 3:26It is good to wait quietly for the salvation of the LORD.
  12. Luke 12:36Then you will be like servants waiting for their master to return from the wedding banquet, so that when he comes and knocks, they can open the door for him at once.
  13. Romans 5:5And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out His love into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, whom He has given us.
  14. Romans 8:25But if we hope for what we do not yet see, we wait for it patiently.
  15. Romans 8:28And we know that God works all things together for the good of those who love Him, who are called according to His purpose.
  16. 1 Corinthians 8:3But the one who loves God is known by God.
  17. Galatians 5:22But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
  18. Philippians 3:20But our citizenship is in heaven, and we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ,
  19. 1 Thessalonians 1:3and continually recalling before our God and Father your work of faith, your labor of love, and your enduring hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.
  20. 1 Thessalonians 1:10and to await His Son from heaven, whom He raised from the dead—Jesus our deliverer from the coming wrath.
  21. 1 Thessalonians 3:11Now may our God and Father Himself, and our Lord Jesus, direct our way to you.
  22. 2 Timothy 4:8From now on there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day—and not only to me, but to all who crave His appearing.
  23. Titus 2:13as we await the blessed hope and glorious appearance of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ.
  24. Hebrews 9:28so also Christ was offered once to bear the sins of many; and He will appear a second time, not to bear sin, but to bring salvation to those who eagerly await Him.

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