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We have confidence in the Lord concerning you, that you both do and will do the things which we command.
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Confidence in God, Not People
Multiple commentators, including Albert Barnes and John Gill, highlight that Paul's confidence was not in the Thessalonians' personal strength but 'in the Lord.' This means our ability to consistently obey God is not based on our own willpower, which can fail, but on God's faithfulness to work in and through us. True obedience is a result of His grace.
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2 Thessalonians
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18th Century
Presbyterian
And we have confidence in the Lord. Not primarily in you, for you have hearts like others, but in the Lord. It is remarkable that when Pau…
And we have confidence (πεποιθομεν). Second perfect indicative of πειθω, to persuade, intransitive in this tense, we are in a stat…
19th Century
Anglican
We have confidence in the Lord touching you — Rather, We rely upon you in the Lord. This clause is the counterpart to the…
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Baptist
And we have confidence in the Lord concerning you, that you both do and will do the things which we command you.
Our obedience to ap…
The faithfulness of the Lord is supplemented by the faithfulness of his people. That is why Paul can add this verse—he has confidence in Christian …
16th Century
Protestant
We have confidence. By this preface, he prepares the way to give the instruction, which we will find him adding immediately afterward. For…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And we have confidence in the Lord touching you The ground of confidence concerning them was not in themselves, in t…
Those who are far apart still may meet together at the throne of grace; and those unable to do or receive any other kindness may, in this way, do a…
13th Century
Catholic
Previously, the author instructed them about what will happen in the last days. Here, he instructs them about certain things they particu…
