2 Thessalonians 3:5

New English Translation

Now may the Lord direct your hearts toward the love of God and the endurance of Christ.

Cross References

1 Kings 8:58

May he make us submissive, so we can follow all his instructions and obey the commandments, rules, and regulations he commanded our ancestors.

1 Chronicles 29:18

O Lord God of our ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, maintain the motives of your people and keep them devoted to you.

Psalm 119:36

Give me a desire for your rules, rather than for wealth gained unjustly.

Psalm 119:5

If only I were predisposed to keep your statutes!

Psalm 40:1

I relied completely on the Lord, and he turned toward me and heard my cry for help.

Proverbs 3:6

Acknowledge him in all your ways, and he will make your paths straight.

Jeremiah 10:23

Lord, we know that people do not control their own destiny. It is not in their power to determine what will happen to them.

Jeremiah 31:33

“But I will make a new covenant with the whole nation of Israel after I plant them back in the land,” says the Lord. “I will put my law within them and write it on their hearts and minds. I will be their God and they will be my people.

Lamentations 3:26

It is good to wait patiently for deliverance from the Lord.

Romans 5:5

And hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us.

Romans 8:25

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

Romans 8:28

And we know that all things work together for good for those who love God, who are called according to his purpose,

1 Corinthians 8:3

But if someone loves God, he is known by God.

Galatians 5:22

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

Deuteronomy 30:6

The Lord your God will also cleanse your heart and the hearts of your descendants so that you may love him with all your mind and being and so that you may live.

1 Thessalonians 1:10

and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, Jesus our deliverer from the coming wrath.

1 Thessalonians 1:3

because we recall in the presence of our God and Father your work of faith and labor of love and endurance of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.

1 Thessalonians 3:11

Now may God our Father himself and our Lord Jesus direct our way to you.

2 Timothy 4:8

Finally the crown of righteousness is reserved for me. The Lord, the righteous Judge, will award it to me in that day – and not to me only, but also to all who have set their affection on his appearing.

Titus 2:13

as we wait for the happy fulfillment of our hope in the glorious appearing of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ.

Hebrews 9:28

so also, after Christ was offered once to bear the sins of many, to those who eagerly await him he will appear a second time, not to bear sin but to bring salvation.

James 2:5

Listen, my dear brothers and sisters! Did not God choose the poor in the world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom that he promised to those who love him?

1 Peter 4:1

So, since Christ suffered in the flesh, you also arm yourselves with the same attitude, because the one who has suffered in the flesh has finished with sin,

2 Peter 3:12

while waiting for and hastening the coming of the day of God? Because of this day, the heavens will be burned up and dissolve, and the celestial bodies will melt away in a blaze!

1 John 4:19

We love because he loved us first.

Revelation 1:9

I, John, your brother and the one who shares with you in the persecution, kingdom, and endurance that are in Jesus, was on the island called Patmos because of the word of God and the testimony about Jesus.

Revelation 13:10

If anyone is meant for captivity, into captivity he will go. If anyone is to be killed by the sword, then by the sword he must be killed. This requires steadfast endurance and faith from the saints.