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and the Lord make you to increase and abound in love one toward another, and toward all men, even as we also do toward you,
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Love's Growth is God's Work
Paul doesn't just command the Thessalonians to love more; he prays for the Lord to make them increase and abound in it. Commentators like John Calvin emphasize that this shows our spiritual growth is not a matter of human effort alone. God's commands are meant to drive us to prayer, asking Him for the divine power to fulfill them.
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1 Thessalonians
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18th Century
Presbyterian
And the Lord make you increase and abound in love. Compare to 2 Corinthians 9:8.
The word "Lord" here probably refers t…
The Lord (ο Κυριος). The Lord Jesus. Paul prays to Christ.
Make you to increase (υμας πλεονασα). First aor…
19th Century
Anglican
And the Lord make you.—The word you in the Greek is emphatic and stands first. The wish in the previous verse co…
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Paul’s second petition pertains to “what is lacking” in their faith (cf. v.10), specifically the outworking of that faith in a growing “love.” Sinc…
16th Century
Protestant
And the Lord fill you. Here we have another prayer—that meanwhile, while his way is obstructed, the Lord, during his absence, may confirm …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And the Lord make you to increase That is, the Lord the Spirit; so that the object of prayer, addressed by the apost…
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Prayer is religious worship, and all religious worship is due to God only. Prayer is to be offered to God as our Father. Prayer is not only to be o…
13th Century
Catholic
Paul mentioned the trials the Thessalonians had endured and the relief he intended to supply for them. Here he recalls how he came to their assista…
