2 Thessalonians 2:17

Comfort your hearts, and stablish you in every good word and work.

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Word by word — the Greek

Word	Greek	Strong’s	Meaning
Comfort	παρακαλέσαι parakalesai	G3870	to call near · verb — aorist active optative, 3rd person singular
your	ὑμῶν hymōn	G5216	of (from or concerning) you
hearts	καρδίας kardias	G2588	the heart · noun — accusative plural feminine
and	καὶ kai	G2532	and · conjunction
stablish	στηρίξαι stērixai	G4741	to set fast · verb — aorist active optative, 3rd person singular
you	ὑμᾶς hymâs	G5209	you (as the objective of a verb or preposition)
in	ἐν en	G1722	"in · preposition
every	παντὶ panti	G3956	all · adjective — dative singular neuter
good	ἀγαθῷ.¶ agathō	G18	"good" (in any sense · adjective — dative singular masculine
word	λόγῳ logō	G3056	something said (including the thought) · noun — dative singular masculine
and	καὶ kai	G2532	and · conjunction
work	ἔργῳ ergō	G2041	toil (as an effort or occupation) · noun — dative singular neuter

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

2 Thessalonians 3:3 But the Lord is faithful, who shall stablish you, and keep you from evil.
1 Thessalonians 3:13 To the end he may stablish your hearts unblameable in holiness before God, even our Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all…
1 Thessalonians 3:2 And sent Timotheus, our brother, and minister of God, and our fellowlabourer in the gospel of Christ, to establish you, and to comfort you c…
1 Corinthians 1:8 Who shall also confirm you unto the end, that ye may be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Colossians 2:7 Rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving.
Hebrews 13:9 Be not carried about with divers and strange doctrines. For it is a good thing that the heart be established with grace; not with meats, whi…
Jude 1:24 Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy,
Romans 15:13 Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Thessalonians 2:16–end

In these words we have the apostle's earnest prayer for them, in which observe, I. To whom he prays: Our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God, even our Father. We may and should direct our prayers, not only to God the Father, through the mediation of our Lord Jesus Christ, but also to our Lord Jesus Christ himself; and should pray in his name unto God, not only as his Father but as our Father in and through him. II. From what he takes encouragement in his prayer - from the consideration of what God had already done for him and them: Who hath loved us, and given us everlasting consolation and good hope through grace, Th2 2:16. Here observe, 1. The love of God is the spring and fountain of all t…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Thessalonians 2:17

Comfort your hearts--unsettled as you have been through those who announced the immediate coming of the Lord. good word and work--The oldest manuscripts invert the order, "work and word." Establishment in these were what the young converts at Thessalonica needed, not fanatical teaching (compare Co1 15:58). Next: 2 Thessalonians Chapter 3

Adam Clarke on 2 Thessalonians 2:17

Comfort your hearts - Keep your souls ever under the influence of his Holy Spirit: and stablish you - confirm and strengthen you in your belief of every good word or doctrine, which we have delivered unto you; and in the practice of every good work, recommended and enjoined by the doctrines of the Gospel. It is not enough that we believe the truth; we must love the truth. Antinomianism says: "Believe the doctrines, and ye are safe." The testimony borne by the Gospel is: Believe, love, obey: none of these can subsist without the other. The faith of a devil may exist without loving obedience; but the faith of a true believer worketh by love; and this faith and love have not respect to some one…

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John Gill on 2 Thessalonians 2:17

Dictionary and topics

Affliction, Consolation Under · God is the author and Giver of — God is the author and Giver of
Christ Is God · As the Source of grace, equally with the Father — As the Source of grace, equally with the Father
Decision · General scriptures concerning — General scriptures concerning
Perseverance · 1:10,22,23;2:7; — 1:10,22,23;2:7;
Steadfastness · Ministers: Should pray for, in their people — Ministers: Should pray for, in their people
Works, Good · Saints: Should be established in — Saints: Should be established in

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

2 Thessalonians 2:17

Word by word — the Greek

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Thessalonians 2:16–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Thessalonians 2:17

Adam Clarke on 2 Thessalonians 2:17

John Gill on 2 Thessalonians 2:17

Dictionary and topics

2 Thessalonians 2:17

Word by word — the Greek

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Thessalonians 2:16–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Thessalonians 2:17

Adam Clarke on 2 Thessalonians 2:17

John Gill on 2 Thessalonians 2:17

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on 2 Thessalonians 2:15–end

Tyndale Open Study Notes on 2 Thessalonians 2:17