Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Now may our God and Father himself and our Lord Jesus clear the way for us to come to you. New Living Translation May God our Father and our Lord Jesus bring us to you very soon. English Standard Version Now may our God and Father himself, and our Lord Jesus, direct our way to you, Berean Standard Bible Now may our God and Father Himself, and our Lord Jesus, direct our way to you. Berean Literal Bible Now may our God and Father Himself, and our Lord Jesus, direct our way to you. King James Bible Now God himself and our Father, and our Lord Jesus Christ, direct our way unto you. New King James Version Now may our God and Father Himself, and our Lord Jesus Christ, direct our way to you. New American Standard Bible Now may our God and Father Himself, and our Lord Jesus, direct our way to you; NASB 1995 Now may our God and Father Himself and Jesus our Lord direct our way to you; NASB 1977 Now may our God and Father Himself and Jesus our Lord direct our way to you; Legacy Standard Bible Now may our God and Father Himself and Jesus our Lord direct our way to you, Amplified Bible Now may our God and Father Himself, and Jesus our Lord guide our steps to you [by removing the obstacles that stand in our way]. Christian Standard Bible Now may our God and Father himself, and our Lord Jesus, direct our way to you. Holman Christian Standard Bible Now may our God and Father Himself, and our Lord Jesus, direct our way to you. American Standard Version Now may our God and Father himself, and our Lord Jesus, direct our way unto you: Aramaic Bible in Plain English But God Our Father and our Lord Yeshua The Messiah shall direct our way to you, Contemporary English Version We pray that God our Father and our Lord Jesus will let us visit you. Douay-Rheims Bible Now God himself and our Father, and our Lord Jesus Christ, direct our way unto you. English Revised Version Now may our God and Father himself, and our Lord Jesus, direct our way unto you: GOD'S WORD® Translation We pray that God our Father and the Lord Jesus will guide us to you. Good News Translation May our God and Father himself and our Lord Jesus prepare the way for us to come to you! International Standard Version Now may our God and Father and our Lord Jesus provide a way for us to visit you. Literal Standard Version And our God and Father Himself, and our Lord Jesus Christ, direct our way to you, Majority Standard Bible Now may our God and Father Himself, and our Lord Jesus Christ, direct our way to you. New American Bible Now may God himself, our Father, and our Lord Jesus direct our way to you, NET Bible Now may God our Father himself and our Lord Jesus direct our way to you. New Revised Standard Version Now may our God and Father himself and our Lord Jesus direct our way to you. New Heart English Bible Now may our God and Father himself, and our Lord Jesus, direct our way to you; Webster's Bible Translation Now God himself and our Father, and our Lord Jesus Christ, direct our way to you. Weymouth New Testament But may our God and Father Himself--and our Lord Jesus--guide us on our way to you; World English Bible Now may our God and Father himself, and our Lord Jesus Christ, direct our way to you. Young's Literal Translation And our God and Father Himself, and our Lord Jesus Christ, direct our way unto you, Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Timothy's Encouraging Report…10Night and day we pray most earnestly that we may see you face to face and supply what is lacking from your faith. 11Now may our God and Father Himself, and our Lord Jesus, direct our way to you. 12And may the Lord cause you to increase and overflow with love for one another and for everyone else, just as our love for you overflows,… Cross References Galatians 1:4 who gave Himself for our sins to rescue us from the present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father, 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. 1 Thessalonians 4:16 For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a loud command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will be the first to rise. 1 Thessalonians 5:23 Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you completely, and may your entire spirit, soul, and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. 2 Thessalonians 2:16 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, 2 Thessalonians 3:5 May the Lord direct your hearts into God's love and Christ's perseverance. 2 Thessalonians 3:16 Now may the Lord of peace Himself give you peace at all times and in every way. The Lord be with all of you. Treasury of Scripture Now God himself and our Father, and our Lord Jesus Christ, direct our way to you. God. 1 Thessalonians 3:13 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. Isaiah 63:16 Doubtless thou art our father, though Abraham be ignorant of us, and Israel acknowledge us not: thou, O LORD, art our father, our redeemer; thy name is from everlasting. Jeremiah 31:9 They shall come with weeping, and with supplications will I lead them: I will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters in a straight way, wherein they shall not stumble: for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn. and our Lord. Romans 1:3 Concerning his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, which was made of the seed of David according to the flesh; 2 Thessalonians 2:16 Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God, even our Father, which hath loved us, and hath given us everlasting consolation and good hope through grace, direct. Ezra 8:21-23 Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river of Ahava, that we might afflict ourselves before our God, to seek of him a right way for us, and for our little ones, and for all our substance… Proverbs 3:5,6 Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding… Mark 1:3 The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight. Jump to Previous Christ Clear Direct Guide Jesus WayJump to Next Christ Clear Direct Guide Jesus Way1 Thessalonians 3 1. Paul testifies his great love to the Thessalonians, 5. partly by sending Timothy unto them to strengthen and comfort them; 7. partly by rejoicing in their well-doing; 10. and partly by praying for them, and desiring a safe coming unto them. (11) God himself and our Father.--Better, our God and Father Himself. If we are to find any special person with whom the word "Himself" is intended to enforce a contrast, the contrast is probably not so much with the baffled efforts of St. Paul, as with Satan, who had hindered the journey. But the word is probably added without such specific reference: "May God Himself direct us; for in that case who could hinder?" And our Lord . . .--An important theological passage. From the use of the singular in the verb "direct" (which of course the English cannot express), some divines argue in favour of the Catholic doctrine of "homosion," or substantial unity of the Son with the Father: it must not, however, be too strongly pressed, or it might otherwise lead to the false notion of a personal unity between Them. Nevertheless, we may admit that the prayer (or, rather, wish) implies the equality of the two Persons, and that it would have been inconceivable for a Catholic Christian to have used the verb in the plural. (See 2Thessalonians 2:17.) Verse 11. - Now God himself and our Father; or, as we would express it according to the English idiom, God himself, our Father, omitting the conjunction. And our Lord Jesus Christ. Some suppose that the three Divine Persons of the sacred Trinity are here expressly named: God the Holy Ghost, and the Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ; but the words in the original will not bear this sense: "God himself and our Father" is the same Divine Person. Direct. It is to be observed that the verb "direct" is in the Greek in the singular, thus denoting a unity between God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. At all events, we have an express prayer directed to Christ, thus necessarily implying his Divine nature. Our way unto you.Parallel Commentaries ... Greek Nowδὲ (de) Conjunction Strong's 1161: A primary particle; but, and, etc. {may} our ἡμῶν (hēmōn) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 1st Person Plural Strong's 1473: I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I. God Θεὸς (Theos) Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular Strong's 2316: A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very. and καὶ (kai) Conjunction Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely. Father Πατὴρ (Patēr) Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular Strong's 3962: Father, (Heavenly) Father, ancestor, elder, senior. Apparently a primary word; a 'father'. Himself, Αὐτὸς (Autos) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative Masculine 3rd Person Singular Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons. and καὶ (kai) Conjunction Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely. our ἡμῶν (hēmōn) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 1st Person Plural Strong's 1473: I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I. Lord Κύριος (Kyrios) Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular Strong's 2962: Lord, master, sir; the Lord. From kuros; supreme in authority, i.e. controller; by implication, Master. Jesus, Ἰησοῦς (Iēsous) Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular Strong's 2424: Of Hebrew origin; Jesus, the name of our Lord and two other Israelites. direct κατευθύναι (kateuthynai) Verb - Aorist Optative Active - 3rd Person Singular Strong's 2720: (a) I make straight, (b) met: I put in the right way, direct. From kata and euthuno; to straighten fully, i.e. direct. our ἡμῶν (hēmōn) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 1st Person Plural Strong's 1473: I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I. way ὁδὸν (hodon) Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular Strong's 3598: A way, road, journey, path. Apparently a primary word; a road; by implication, a progress; figuratively, a mode or means. to πρὸς (pros) Preposition Strong's 4314: To, towards, with. A strengthened form of pro; a preposition of direction; forward to, i.e. Toward. you. ὑμᾶς (hymas) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative 2nd Person Plural Strong's 4771: You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou. Links 1 Thessalonians 3:11 NIV1 Thessalonians 3:11 NLT 1 Thessalonians 3:11 ESV 1 Thessalonians 3:11 NASB 1 Thessalonians 3:11 KJV 1 Thessalonians 3:11 BibleApps.com 1 Thessalonians 3:11 Biblia Paralela 1 Thessalonians 3:11 Chinese Bible 1 Thessalonians 3:11 French Bible 1 Thessalonians 3:11 Catholic Bible NT Letters: 1 Thessalonians 3:11 Now may our God and Father himself (1 Thess. 1 Thes. 1Th iTh i Th) |
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