2 Thessalonians 3:5

Modern English Version

May the Lord direct your hearts to the love of God and to the steadfastness of Christ.

Cross References

Psalm 119:36

Incline my heart unto Your testimonies, and not unto covetousness.

1 Chronicles 29:18

O  Lord, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, our fathers, keep this forever in the thoughts and intentions of the heart of Your people and direct their heart to You.

Deuteronomy 30:6

The Lord your God will circumcise your heart and the heart of your descendants to love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul, so that you may live.

1 John 4:19

We love Him because He first loved us.

1 Corinthians 8:3

But if anyone loves God, this one is known by Him.

Jeremiah 31:33

But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord: I will put My law within them and write it in their hearts; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people.

Proverbs 3:6

In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight.

1 Thessalonians 3:11

Now may our God and Father Himself, and our Lord Jesus Christ, direct our way to you.

Hebrews 9:28

so Christ was offered once to bear the sins of many, and He will appear a second time, not to bear sin but to save those who eagerly wait for Him.

Romans 8:25

But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait for it with patience.

Psalm 119:5

Oh that my ways were directed to keep Your statutes!

1 Kings 8:58

that He may incline our hearts to Him, to walk in all His ways and to keep His commandments, statutes, and judgments, which He commanded our fathers.

1 Peter 4:1

Therefore, since Christ has suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind, for he who has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin,

James 2:5

Listen, my beloved brothers. Has God not chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom which He has promised to those who love Him?

Titus 2:13

as we await the blessed hope and the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ,

2 Timothy 4:8

From now on a crown of righteousness is laid up for me, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will give me on that Day, and not only to me but also to all who have loved His appearing.

1 Thessalonians 1:3

remembering without ceasing your work of faith, labor of love, and patient hope in our Lord Jesus Christ in the sight of God and our Father.

Galatians 5:22

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, gentleness, goodness, faith,

Romans 8:28

We know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose.

Romans 5:5

And hope does not disappoint, because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.

Psalm 40:1

I waited patiently for the Lord, and He turned to me and heard my cry.

Revelation 13:10

“He who is to be taken captive, into captivity he shall go; he who kills with the sword, with the sword he must be killed.” Here is a call for the patience and the faith of the saints.

1 Thessalonians 1:10

and to wait for His Son from heaven, whom He raised from the dead —Jesus, who delivers us from the wrath to come.

Lamentations 3:26

It is good that a man should wait quietly for the salvation of the Lord.

Jeremiah 10:23

O  Lord, I know that the way of man is not in himself; it is not in man who walks to direct his steps.

2 Peter 3:12

while you are waiting for and desiring the coming of the day of God, in which the heavens will be destroyed by fire and the elements will be consumed by intense heat?

Revelation 1:9

I, John, both your brother and companion in the persecution and kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was on the isle that is called Patmos on account of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus Christ.