Comfort and stablish (παρακαλεσα κα στηριξα). First aorist active optative of wish for the future of two common verbs παρακαλεω (s…

Comfort your hearts. See Barnes' notes on 1 Thessalonians 3:2; see Barnes' notes on 1 Thessalonians 5:11; see Barn…

Comfort your hearts... — The word “comfort” refers to the “everlasting comfort” mentioned in 2 Thessalonians 2:16, whi…

And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: that they all might be damned who believed not the trut…

As Paul closes ch. 2 with a prayer, he recognizes that he and his coworkers cannot in themselves make the appeal effective. Only God himself, who i…

Comfort your hearts
That is, apply the comfort given, and cause it to be received, which unbelief is apt to refuse; …

We may and should direct our prayers, not only to God the Father, through our Lord Jesus Christ, but also to our Lord Jesus Christ himself. And we …

1. Having described those whom the Antichrist has power to deceive—namely, those foreknown to suffer damnation—the Apostle now gives the rea…