2 Thessalonians 2:17
Comfort your hearts, and stablish you in every good word and work.
ملاحظة دراسية
Study Note
The pastoral benediction 'comfort your hearts, and stablish you in every good word and work' closes 2 Thessalonians 2's eschatological instruction with a prayer that the comfort of God's love (2:16) would produce both inward consolation and outward ethical stability. The twin goals — 'every good word and work' — integrate verbal witness and practical action as the inseparable expression of established Christian life, resisting any division between confessional speech and ethical conduct. The verb 'stablish' (stērixai) is used elsewhere in Paul for strengthening believers in faith (Romans 1:11; 1 Thessalonians 3:2) and reflects the concern of 2 Thessalonians throughout: against the destabilizing effect of eschatological misinformation that has disturbed the congregation (2:2). The verse has been incorporated into Christian benedictory tradition as a model of pastoral closure that combines affective consolation with practical exhortation.
ترجمات أخرى
comfort your hearts and establish them in every good work and word.
comfort your hearts, and establish you in every good word and work.
Give you comfort and strength in every good work and word.
المراجع المتقاطعة
As one whom his mother comforteth, so will I comfort you; and ye shall be comforted in Jerusalem.
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