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to the end he may establish your hearts blameless in holiness before our God and Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints.
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Love: The Path to Holiness
Commentators emphasize a direct link between the prayer for love in the previous verse and the goal of holiness here. Scholars explain that an overflowing love for others is the primary means by which God establishes our hearts and makes us blameless. As the Expositor's Bible Commentary notes, love turns us away from selfish motives and toward God-honoring conduct.
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1 Thessalonians
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18th Century
Presbyterian
To the end he may establish your hearts. That is, "May the Lord cause you to increase in love (1 Thessalonians 3:12), so that …
To the end he may stablish (εις το στηριξα). Another example of εις and the articular infinitive of purpose. Same idiom in 3:2. Fr…
19th Century
Anglican
To the end.—A beautiful connection of thought. Perfect and settled sanctification in the eyes of God is the object in view, and th…
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The goal of Paul’s prayer for the Thessalonians is that the Lord will grant them inner strength to be “blameless” in holiness “in the presence of o…
16th Century
Protestant
That he may confirm your hearts. He employs the term hearts here to mean conscience, or the innermost part of the soul. …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
To the end he may establish your hearts Which are very unstable and inconstant in their frames, and in the exercise …
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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…
