Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
The "you" in the Greek is emphatically put first; "But" (so the Greek for "and") what concerns "YOU," whether we come or not, "may the Lord make you to increase and abound in love," etc. The Greek for "increase" has a more positive force; that for "abound" a more comparative force, "make you full (supplying 'that which is lacking,' I Thessalonians 3:10) and even abound." "The Lord" may here be the Holy Spirit; so the Three Persons of the Trinity will be appealed to (compare I Thessalonians 3:13), as in II Thessalonians 3:5. So the Holy Ghost is called "the Lord" (II Corinthians 3:17). "Love" is the fruit of the Spirit (Galatians 5:22), and His office is "to stablish in holiness" (I Thessalonians 3:13; I Peter 1:2).
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing 1 Thessalonians 3:12:
Ephesians 1:4
1 Thessalonians 3:1
1 Thessalonians 3:13
1 Thessalonians 4:1
2 Thessalonians 1:3
2 Peter 1:7
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