1 Thessalonians 3:12

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:

Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

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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).

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