1 Thessalonians 3:11-13 Now God himself and our Father, and our Lord Jesus Christ, direct our way to you. The Israelites usually asked council of God by the Ephod, the Greeks by their Oracles, the Persians by their Magi, the Egyptians by the Hierophante, the Indians by their Gymnosophistae, the ancient Gauls and Britains by their Druids, the Romans by their Augurs or Soothsayers. It was not lawful to propose any matter of moment in the Senate before their wizards had made observations from the sky. That which they did impiously and superstitiously, we ought to do in another sense — religiously, conscionably, i.e., not to embark ourselves into any action of great importance before we have observed from heaven, not the flight of birds, not the houses of planets, or their aspects or conjunctions, but the countenance of God, whether it shineth on our enterprises or not, whether He approves of our designs or not. (J. Spencer.) Parallel Verses KJV: Now God himself and our Father, and our Lord Jesus Christ, direct our way unto you.WEB: Now may our God and Father himself, and our Lord Jesus Christ, direct our way to you; |
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