1 Thessalonians 3:11

9 For what thanks can we render to God for you, for all the joy with which we rejoice for your sake before our God,

10 night and day praying exceedingly that we may see your face ^aand perfect what is lacking in your faith?

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11 Now may our God and Father Himself, and our Lord Jesus Christ, ^adirect our way to you.

12 And may the Lord make you increase and ^aabound in love to one another and to all, just as we do to you,

13 so that He may establish ^ayour hearts blameless in holiness before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all His saints.

Commentaries:

Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)

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Our God and Father himself (autov o qeov kai pathr hmwn). Note one article with both substantives for one person.

And our Lord Jesus (kai o Kuriov hmwn Ihsouv). Separate article here with Ihsouv. In Titus 2:13; II Peter 1:1 only one article (not two) treating "our God and Saviour Jesus Christ" as one just like "our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ" in II Peter 1:11; II Peter 2:20; II Peter 3:18.

Direct our way (kateuqunai thn odon hmwn). First aorist optative (acute accent on penult, not circumflex first aorist active infinitive) of kateuqunw, old verb to make straight path. Singular verb also, though both God and Christ mentioned as subject (unity in the Godhead). Apart from mh genoito (

may it not come to pass) the optative in a wish of the third person is found in N.T. only in I Thessalonians 3:11-12; I Thessalonians 5:23; II Thessalonians 2:17; II Thessalonians 3:5, II Thessalonians 3:16; Romans 15:5, Romans 15:13.

**Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing 1 Thessalonians 3:11:**

Ephesians 1:3
1 Thessalonians 3:11
2 Thessalonians 3:5
Revelation 6:17

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